Chemistry 1027A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Selection Bias, Public Knowledge, Organic Chemistry
16 May 2016
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Selective reporting of data in order to enhance your results. The majority of misbehaviours reported are more corrosive (sits in the background) than explosive (high impact behaviour) . Under pressure: factors that impede ethical behaviour. Universalism anyone can do the experiments and anyone should be able to get the data. Communality scientific knowledge is public knowledge: peer review: someone who is experienced in the field has read the journal; they evaluate is to determine whether the conclusions are valid. Disinterestedness advancement of science is more important than personal interests of the individual scientist. Organized skepticism we all have to be skeptics; all scientific claims, all conclusions, etc. are all open to scrutiny. Personal reasons you will have a clear conscience, don"t want to suffer the consequences. Philosophical reasons the success of future research depends on my honesty, my behaviour reflects on chemists as a group. Time/deadlines more likely to plagiarize, cheat, look for an easy way out.
