Re:Biologist decided to disavow his own study
by joe_the_user on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:40PM
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As far as I know, writing a research paper at all as an undergraduate is unusual.
In the US, afaik, the purpose of undergraduate work is to learn the material of the field. A Phd program then teaches the student how to do research in a field and the student goes on to do actual research only then.
An undergraduate would do a research paper as independent study or a special department class I think. With the provision that advisor is doing a lot of hand holding.
So handing fake data to someone's whose effectively a complete newby and letting them process it and publish it as their first achievement, is really despicable as the article seems to describe.
In the US, afaik, the purpose of undergraduate work is to learn the material of the field. A Phd program then teaches the student how to do research in a field and the student goes on to do actual research only then.
An undergraduate would do a research paper as independent study or a special department class I think. With the provision that advisor is doing a lot of hand holding.
So handing fake data to someone's whose effectively a complete newby and letting them process it and publish it as their first achievement, is really despicable as the article seems to describe.