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Stapel Fabricated Data Across 30-Plus Papers

Diederik Stapel, a social psychologist at the University of Tilburg regarded as a rising star, committed fraud on a massive scale by fabricating data in at least 30 papers, claiming to find effects he had never actually tested for.

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Speaker

Ed Yong

Evidence Quote

“we now know that he was guilty of fraud on a massive, massive scale. He was fabricating data. He did so in at least 30 papers, probably more.”

Source

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

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