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Flexible Analysis Is Commonly Admitted by Psychologists

A survey by Leslie John found that these questionable research practices are not merely possible but actually widespread, with roughly 40-50% of surveyed psychologists admitting to engaging in such data-flexibility tweaks.

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Ed Yong

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she did a survey of different psychologists and many of them admitted to exactly these things. By many, we are talking, I don't know, 40%-50% admitting to a lot of these tweaks.

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Ed Yong on Science, Replication, and JournalismEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:25:57 AM

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