"Gaps in Ethics 4" Gray Zones in Research Activities 2 Humanities and Social Sciences Version

Story

Assoc. Prof. Morishima's laboratory for a researcher or Prof. Tanabe laboratory for a career, Shimizu studied psychology at Meiritsu University and was considering which laboratory to join in postgraduate school. She joined Morishima's laboratory for her PhD, and she conducts a replicated experiment for writing her paper.
However, Shimizu couldn't replicate the original results. So, she showed Morishima the paper that rewrote the hypothesis based on the experimental results.

Character Relationship Diagram

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Other episodes

"Gaps in Ethics 4" Natural Sciences Version

Prof. Kanzaki, who researched developmental biology in graduate school at Seito University, found hope in joint research with data science. Shimura became in charge of the experiments. The initial results support Prof. Kanzaki's hypothesis, and these made Kanzaki and Shimura pleased. But the initial result became impossible to replicate.

"Gaps in Ethics 3" Humanities and Social Sciences Version

In the Ikeda lab at Nanyo University, while students work hard to write papers on their own research themes, each member of the lab faces problems related to research ethics issues, such as research data management, authorship, and duplicate submissions.