BUS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Diederik Stapel, Tilburg University, Social Cognition
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Psychologist admits faking data in dozens of studies. Diederik stapel, a notable psychologist at tilburg university, was suspended on. September 2011 in the netherlands due to numerous counts of scientific-related fraud. Some of his great responsibilities included studies on aspects such as stereotyping, discrimination, and advertising effects on society. One may think that this is not a very big deal, for its just simple data. It"s not like an identity theft situation where thousands of credit cards can be stolen, resulting in physical damage to peoples" money. The fabrication of data has the potential of affecting a sample of a population and can even influence society as a whole. By manipulating data, people do not receive the accurate statistics they should be getting. The people who are damaged the most by fabricated data, however, are the ones that have actually incorporated mr. stapel"s work into their very own papers.
