Journal article
How does correlation structure differ between real and fabricated data-sets?
Abstract
BackgroundMisconduct in medical research has been the subject of many papers in recent years. Among different types of misconduct, data fabrication might be considered as one of the most severe cases. There have been some arguments that correlation coefficients in fabricated data-sets are usually greater than that found in real data-sets. We aim to study the differences between real and fabricated data-sets in term of the association between …
Authors
Akhtar-Danesh N; Dehghan-Kooshkghazi M
Journal
BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 3, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 29, 2003
DOI
10.1186/1471-2288-3-18
ISSN
1471-2288