Oh this is nothing. Go look at the social sciences. They get data that compromises their entire profession, tell the university it’s inconclusive and wait until the research grant runs out and fail to publish. Then do the same thing again.
I have seen this with my own eyes. A bit of excel drama is usually behind their published papers. Also seen that with my own eyes.
The field has trouble collecting data too because it’s expensive and very subjective. The worst one I saw was somehow turning 7 data points via imputation and interpolation into a hundred or so. The principal researcher on that I actually had to teach BIDMAS to and her calculations were completely whacked out (excel again)
I have seen this with my own eyes. A bit of excel drama is usually behind their published papers. Also seen that with my own eyes.
The field has trouble collecting data too because it’s expensive and very subjective. The worst one I saw was somehow turning 7 data points via imputation and interpolation into a hundred or so. The principal researcher on that I actually had to teach BIDMAS to and her calculations were completely whacked out (excel again)