From: Scientific dishonesty—a nationwide survey of doctoral students in Norway
Questions | Bergen | Oslo 1 | Oslo 2 | Tromsø | Trondheim | All Norway |
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It is never appropriate to report experimental data that have been created without actually having conducted the experiment. | 94,7 | 91,1 | 83,3 | 93,8 | 87,5 | 90,3 |
It is never appropriate to alter experimental data to make an experiment look better than it actually was. | 100 | 93,5 | 90,3 | 100 | 97,5 | 96,3 |
It is never appropriate to try a variety of different methods of analysis until one is found that yields a result that is statistically significant. | 68,4 | 47,8 | 51,6 | 73,3 | 71,8 | 62 |
It is never appropriate to take credit for the words or writing of someone else. | 91,9 | 91,3 | 96,8 | 100 | 97,5 | 95,2 |
It is never appropriate to take credit for the data generated by someone else. | 81,6 | 82,2 | 90,3 | 93,5 | 95 | 88,1 |
It is never appropriate to take credit for the ideas generated by someone else. | 92,1 | 84,4 | 96,7 | 96,9 | 92,3 | 91,8 |
If you were confident of your findings, it is acceptable to selectively omit contradictory results to expedite publication. | 8,1 | 14,3 | 23,3 | 12,9 | 7,7 | 12,8 |
If you were confident of your findings, it is acceptable to falsify or fabricate data to expedite publication. | 2,6 | 17,8 | 6,5 | 13,3 | 10 | 10,3 |
It is more important that data reporting be completely truthful in a publication than in a grant application. | 28,9 | 38,6 | 30 | 36,7 | 12,8 | 29,3 |
If you witness someone committing research misconduct, you have an ethical obligation to act. | 81,6 | 80,4 | 96,8 | 87,1 | 92,5 | 87,1 |
If you had witnessed a co-worker or peer committing research misconduct, you would be willing to report that misconduct to a responsible official. | 78,9 | 78,3 | 80,6 | 80,6 | 77,5 | 79 |
If you had witnessed a supervisor or principal investigator committing research misconduct, you would be willing to report that misconduct to a responsible official. | 71,1 | 75,6 | 80 | 67,7 | 77,5 | 74,5 |
If fabricated data are discovered in a published paper, all co-authors must equally share in the blame. | 60,5 | 28,3 | 51,6 | 48,4 | 45 | 45,7 |
If fabricated data are discovered in a published paper, all co-authors must receive the same punishment. | 39,5 | 15,2 | 38,7 | 30 | 25,6 | 28,8 |