Professor Belanger was studying age differences in depression. She hypothesized that older people would have higher depression scores than younger people, but her results showed the opposite. She rewrote her introduction to show that the unexpected finding was actually her a priori prediction. Professor Belanger has engaged in

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HARKing (Hypothesizing After the Results are Known) refers to researchers altering their original hypothesis after seeing the results of their study. In this case, Professor Belanger revised her introduction to make her unexpected findings appear to be her original hypothesis, which is an example of HARKing.

Professor Belanger Was Studying Age Differences in Depression