DATA COLLECTED BY STUDENTS: Do you use it for your own research? Concerned about its quality? 🤔 Our new paper explores questionable practices and research misconduct (QRP/M) during data collection in student projects: spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp... 🧵1/6

Thanks for addressing this neglected topic!

My students research topics I propose - so I come prepared. I also keep tight control over the planning & exec of all aspects of the student project, and this can allow good data quality. But it is a commitment and timeconsuming but also rewarding: them understanding what can be learned is nice.

🤗 64% of students did not report any QRP/M. 😬 26% let participants take part despite being aware they knew the hypothesis and a concerning 8% participated in their own survey (recorded as participant data). 2/6

One of the several ways I deal with concerns related to the quality of data collected by undergraduate researchers is by having more than one student collect data for each project and then testing for an effect of experimenter. If there's an effect, then you know that something weird has happened