Mistakes and Negligence - UROC RCR

What obligations do the authors owe their professional colleagues to correct the published record?

Think about ways the model is being used by others. What are consequences of the authors' negligence?

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

When a mistake appears in a journal article or book, how can it be corrected? (select all that apply)

• Note

• Erratum (for production error)

• Corrigendum (for an author's error)

True or False:

All scientific research is susceptible to error.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

True or False:

Researchers sometimes have to rely on a theoretical or experimental technique that is not fully developed.

• True

• False

In what ways can researchers make honest mistakes? (select all that apply)

• Design of an experiment

• Calibration of instruments

• Recording of data

• Interpretation of Results

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

To whom do researchers have an obligation to be as accurate and careful as possible? (select all that apply)

• Public

• Profession

• Themselves

What is negligence?

• Biases and motivations

• Fabrication and falsification

• Haste, carelessness, inattention

• Significant departure from accepted practices

Actual replication is objective.

• True

• False

Why should ALL observations NOT be replicated? (select all that apply)

• Not practical

• Not ethical

• Not necessary

• Not the standard