I am glad that I have not experienced any research fabrication or research falsification in the span of my career.
Personal Experience on Fabrication and Falsification
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In reply to Alexandra Belle Bernal
Re: Personal Experience on Fabrication and Falsification
by Jenniffer Paguio -
That's fortunate of you, Mare!
I'll just share mine here for discussion purposes.
When I was doing one of the phases of my research, I was alerted by my project coordinator that upon inspection of returned surveys, they noted that several survey forms had the exact same answers with the same ink and penmanship for 1 site. So we met with the assigned data collector and discussed the observation. The data collector eventually admitted to having fabricated 10 survey forms because she had difficulty collecting them from participants. So, we immediately removed the fabricated survey forms, reported the issue to the local ethics board, and administered the survey to the target participants.
I'll just share mine here for discussion purposes.
When I was doing one of the phases of my research, I was alerted by my project coordinator that upon inspection of returned surveys, they noted that several survey forms had the exact same answers with the same ink and penmanship for 1 site. So we met with the assigned data collector and discussed the observation. The data collector eventually admitted to having fabricated 10 survey forms because she had difficulty collecting them from participants. So, we immediately removed the fabricated survey forms, reported the issue to the local ethics board, and administered the survey to the target participants.
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In reply to Jenniffer Paguio
Re: Personal Experience on Fabrication and Falsification
by APRILLE BANAYAT -
That was a good catch! Keeping this in mind, especially since we're commonly working with larger teams, to put in measures to check the veracity of the data that we record. Thank you for sharing.
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In reply to Alexandra Belle Bernal
Re: Personal Experience on Fabrication and Falsification
by Ynigo Luis Escano -
That is very fortunate! I, unfortunately, have heard stories of researchers in groups who had faced pressures to complete their research initiative. Such as how unbeknownst to the other group members, one of the group members had fabricated a number of survey results used in the final manuscript. It is unfortunate that the selfish actions of one scholar may negatively affect the careers of other unknowing scholars.
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