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Replication Study Raises Concerns About Original Procrastination Research
A recent paper in Psychological Science has failed to replicate Study 2 of the influential procrastination research by Dan Ariely and Klaus Wertenbroch. The authors of the new study raised concerns about potential data tampering in the original research, citing implausibly large effect sizes, duplicate observations, and unexpected correlations among subjective measures. The original authors have requested a retraction of their study as the investigation continues.
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A recent paper in Psychological Science has failed to replicate Study 2 of the influential procrastination research by Dan Ariely and Klaus Wertenbroch. The authors of the new study raised concerns about potential data tampering in the original research, citing implausibly large effect sizes, duplicate observations, and unexpected correlations among subjective measures. The original authors have requested a retraction of their study as the investigation continues.
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