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12 reasons research goes wrong

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FIXING THE NUMBERS  Massaging data, small sample sizes and other issues can affect the statistical analyses of studies and distort the results, and that's not all that can go wrong.

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By Tina Hesman Saey

- More than 2 years ago

For more on reproducibility in science, see SN’s feature “Is redoing scientific research the best way to find truth?“

Barriers to research replication are based largely in a scientific culture that pits researchers against each other in competition for scarce resources.