The "Big Three" (FFP)
200: Making up data or results and recording them as real.
Fabrication
Listing a Department Chair as an author just because they provided the funding.
Gift/Honorary Authorship
The three principles of the Belmont Report: Respect, Beneficence, and ____.
Justice
(The Belmont Report, published in 1979, is a foundational document in research ethics that outlines three fundamental ethical principles for conducting research involving human subjects)
400: Manipulating research materials or changing data to fit a hypothesis.
Falsification
The minimum dollar amount ($) of a financial interest that usually triggers a "Significant" disclosure.
$5000
True or False: If you use "de-identified" data from a public set, you never need to talk to the IRB.
False. While analyzing truly anonymous or public-use data sets often qualifies as exempt or "not human subjects research," you should still consult your Institutional Review Board (IRB).
600: Using another’s ideas or words without giving them proper credit.
Plagiarism
An author who did significant work but is left off the paper to hide a conflict of interest.
Ghost Author
The "3 Rs" of animal research: Replace, Reduce, and ____.
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