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2023-06-25 21:08:12 UTC
Harvard Business School scholar Francesca Gino has been placed on leave
She stands accused of fabricating data in several studies on honesty
Now her own research partner is reviewing their studies for signs of fraud
A Harvard behavioral scientist who studies dishonesty has been accused of
fabricating data in research papers that she co-authored.
Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino is currently on
administrative leave, after explosive allegations emerged challenging the
credibility of her research.
In a blog post earlier this month, a trio of data researchers presented
what they said was evidence of academic fraud in four studies co-authored
by Gino, noting that they also 'believe that many more Gino-authored
papers contain fake data'.
Gino was a rising star at Harvard, and her behavioral research studies
relating to cheating, lying and dishonesty received widespread media
coverage over the past decade.
But questions about her work first emerged regarding a 2012 study she co-
authored, which purported to show that making people sign an honesty
pledge at the beginning of a form, rather than the end, increases honest
responses.
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That study was retracted in 2021 over apparent data fabrication by a
different researcher who worked on the project, which cited three separate
lab experiments to draw its conclusion.
However, data scientists Uri Simonsohn, Joseph Simmons, and Leif Nelson
allege that the data fabrication in the study was deeper than originally
suspected, and also implicated Gino.
'That's right: Two different people independently faked data for two
different studies in a paper about dishonesty,' the trio wrote on their
blog DataColada, where they published the new evidence supporting their
allegations.
Gino did not immediately respond to a request for comment from
DailyMail.com on Saturday afternoon.
The three scientists published their concerns a day after the Chronicle of
Higher Education reported on June 16 that Gino had been placed on
administrative leave, amid an internal investigation at Harvard into the
validity of her research.
One of Gino's co-authors on the 2012 research paper told The Chronicle
that Harvard had informed him that the study Gino oversaw for the article
appeared to include fabricated results.
Gino joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 2010, after holding
positions at the University of North Carolina and Carnegie Mellon
University.
She won awards and fawning media coverage for her trendy behavioral
science research, which purported to reveal insights about how to subtly
influence people's choices and behavior without them realizing.
But now, Gino's frequent research partner Maurice Schweitzer has spoken
out, voicing fears that he himself was manipulated and conned in their
work together.
Schweitzer, a behavioral scientist at the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania, told the New York Times he is now carefully reviewing the
eight papers he co-authored with Gino for any indications of fraud.
He said that the allegations against Gino were causing 'reverberations in
the academic community' because she is someone with 'so many
collaborators, so many articles, who is really a leading scholar in the
field.'
The 2012 paper was based on three separate behavioral experiments,
including one overseen by Gino that asked subjects to complete a worksheet
with 20 puzzles, promising them $1 for each correctly solved puzzle.
The participants were then asked to fill out a form asking them how much
money they earned from solving the puzzles, and were led to believe that
lying on the form would be undetectable, when in fact the researchers
could verify the number of puzzles solved.
The study found participants were more likely to report their puzzle
income accurately when they were presented with an honesty pledge at the
top of the form, rather than the bottom, where such attestations usually
appear on tax returns.
In their DataColada blog post, the trio of scientists analyzed data from
the experiment that was posted online, finding that metadata in an Excel
file indicated the results had been tampered with in a way that bolstered
the study's conclusion.
The same scientists in 2021 exposed apparent data fabrication in a
separate study conducted for the article, which relied on data provided by
an insurance company.
The article was retracted by editors of the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, where it had first appeared, following the 2021 blog
post.
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She stands accused of fabricating data in several studies on honesty
Now her own research partner is reviewing their studies for signs of fraud
A Harvard behavioral scientist who studies dishonesty has been accused of
fabricating data in research papers that she co-authored.
Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino is currently on
administrative leave, after explosive allegations emerged challenging the
credibility of her research.
In a blog post earlier this month, a trio of data researchers presented
what they said was evidence of academic fraud in four studies co-authored
by Gino, noting that they also 'believe that many more Gino-authored
papers contain fake data'.
Gino was a rising star at Harvard, and her behavioral research studies
relating to cheating, lying and dishonesty received widespread media
coverage over the past decade.
But questions about her work first emerged regarding a 2012 study she co-
authored, which purported to show that making people sign an honesty
pledge at the beginning of a form, rather than the end, increases honest
responses.
https://img-s-msn-
com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1cZ0oJ.img?w=634&h=634&m=6&x=187&y
=191&s=240&d=240
That study was retracted in 2021 over apparent data fabrication by a
different researcher who worked on the project, which cited three separate
lab experiments to draw its conclusion.
However, data scientists Uri Simonsohn, Joseph Simmons, and Leif Nelson
allege that the data fabrication in the study was deeper than originally
suspected, and also implicated Gino.
'That's right: Two different people independently faked data for two
different studies in a paper about dishonesty,' the trio wrote on their
blog DataColada, where they published the new evidence supporting their
allegations.
Gino did not immediately respond to a request for comment from
DailyMail.com on Saturday afternoon.
The three scientists published their concerns a day after the Chronicle of
Higher Education reported on June 16 that Gino had been placed on
administrative leave, amid an internal investigation at Harvard into the
validity of her research.
One of Gino's co-authors on the 2012 research paper told The Chronicle
that Harvard had informed him that the study Gino oversaw for the article
appeared to include fabricated results.
Gino joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 2010, after holding
positions at the University of North Carolina and Carnegie Mellon
University.
She won awards and fawning media coverage for her trendy behavioral
science research, which purported to reveal insights about how to subtly
influence people's choices and behavior without them realizing.
But now, Gino's frequent research partner Maurice Schweitzer has spoken
out, voicing fears that he himself was manipulated and conned in their
work together.
Schweitzer, a behavioral scientist at the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania, told the New York Times he is now carefully reviewing the
eight papers he co-authored with Gino for any indications of fraud.
He said that the allegations against Gino were causing 'reverberations in
the academic community' because she is someone with 'so many
collaborators, so many articles, who is really a leading scholar in the
field.'
The 2012 paper was based on three separate behavioral experiments,
including one overseen by Gino that asked subjects to complete a worksheet
with 20 puzzles, promising them $1 for each correctly solved puzzle.
The participants were then asked to fill out a form asking them how much
money they earned from solving the puzzles, and were led to believe that
lying on the form would be undetectable, when in fact the researchers
could verify the number of puzzles solved.
The study found participants were more likely to report their puzzle
income accurately when they were presented with an honesty pledge at the
top of the form, rather than the bottom, where such attestations usually
appear on tax returns.
In their DataColada blog post, the trio of scientists analyzed data from
the experiment that was posted online, finding that metadata in an Excel
file indicated the results had been tampered with in a way that bolstered
the study's conclusion.
The same scientists in 2021 exposed apparent data fabrication in a
separate study conducted for the article, which relied on data provided by
an insurance company.
The article was retracted by editors of the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, where it had first appeared, following the 2021 blog
post.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/harvard-behavioral-scientist-who-
studies-dishonesty-is-accused-of-fabricating-data/ar-
AA1cZ2Bl?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=24b80e56b9db4f87999b374f43cdd1b1&ei=59