Institutional approaches to preventing questionable research practices.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Questionable research practices (QRP) are actions taken by researchers that span a range of concern related to violation of research best practices, and ultimately expose institutions and research participants to risk. Numerous studies have shown that QRP are common. The continued prevalence of QRP indicates that existing approaches for dealing with QRP are falling short. In this editorial we discuss the risks associated with QRP and propose mitigation strategies at the institutional level using a common QRP as an example, questionable treatment of subgroup analyses. We argue that the need for institutional intervention in cases such as this are particularly motivating when both the investigator and the institution have a substantial financial conflict of interest related to intellectual property that requires the investigator's expertise to continue developing. To address this, we propose an expansion of the traditional conflict of interest management process.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Troy, JD; Rockhold, F; Samsa, GP
Published Date
- October 3, 2021
Published In
Start / End Page
- 1 - 8
PubMed ID
- 34569387
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1545-5815
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1080/08989621.2021.1986017
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States