HARKing

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title: HARKing
text: HARKing is an acronym coined by social psychologist Norbert Kerr that refers to the questionable research practice of "presenting a post hoc hypothesis in the introduction of a research report as if it were an a priori hypothesis". Hence, a key characteristic of HARKing is that post hoc hypothesizing is falsely portrayed as a priori hypothesizing. HARKing may occur when a researcher tests an a priori hypothesis but then omits that hypothesis from their research report after they find out the res
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description: Acronym for "Hypothesizing after the results are known"
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HARKing
date created: 2020-02-26T02:00:54Z
date modified: 2024-09-14T08:11:43Z
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