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Current Incentives for Scientists Lead to Underpowered Studies with Erroneous Conclusions

We can regard the wider incentive structures that operate across science, such as the priority given to novel findings, as an ecosystem within which scientists strive to maximise their fitness (i.e., publication record and career success). Here, we develop an optimality model that predicts the most...

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Autores principales: Higginson, Andrew D., Munafò, Marcus R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000995