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How Scientists Lie – a book about questionable research practices (QRPs) and how to prevent them
https://github.com/peterdalle/how-scientists-lie

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How Scientists Lie – a book about questionable research practices (QRPs) and how to prevent them

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/peterdalle/how-scientists-lie
• Owner: peterdalle
• License: other
• Created: 2022-04-22T09:11:41.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-31T12:50:13.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T06:03:49.483Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: questionable-research-practices, research, science
• Language: TeX
• Homepage: https://howscientistslie.com
• Size: 17.5 MB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# How Scientists Lie – Book Repository

This is the work-in-progress repo for the book [**How Scientists Lie**](https://howscientistslie.com/) by [Peter M. Dahlgren](https://peterdahlgren.com/).

The book is built using [bookdown](https://bookdown.org/).

## Compile website

Compile the book by opening `index.rmd` in RStudio and press `Build Book`. This will create files in a new folder called `_book`.

An alternative way is to run `build_site.cmd` (however, check the path to the `RScript` executable).

## Directories

- `includes` contains misc files that are included when compiling the book.

- `data` contains data used in the book.

- `images` contains images, graphics, and figures.

- `videos` contains video clips used on the website.

Edit the book contents using the RMarkdown files in the root folder.

## Files in the `data` folder

File | Description

--------- | ---------------------------

`p-hacking-false-positives.csv` | Extracted data from figure 11 in [Big Little Lies: A Compendium and Simulation of p-Hacking Strategies](...)

`prevalence_of_qrps.csv` | Average prevalence estimate of QRPs (questionable research practices) from different references

`prevalence_of_term_qrp.yml` | Occurence of the term "questionable research practices" in academic databases

`resources.csv` | Website links and screenshots used for the resources chapter

## License

The book licensed under a [Creative Commons license](LICENSE). 

By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.