'Language of deceit' betrays scientific fraud

• Autores: Peter Aldhous
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2985, 2014, pág. 14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Diederik Stapel, the infamous "lying Dutchman" who in 2011 admitted to inventing the data in dozens of psychology research papers, unwittingly signaled his deceit through the language he used. As well as inflating the certainty surrounding his results, Stapel included more science-related terms to describe his methods when writing up his fraudulent "findings" than when describing genuine results. Researchers who have analyzed Stapel's papers say they can separate his genuine and fictional research with about 70 per cent accuracy.