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The Late British Psychologist Cyril Burt Has Been Suspected of Scientific

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The late British psychologist Cyril Burt has been suspected of scientific fraud in the reporting of some of the data from his famous twin studies. What does his case illustrate about data falsification?


A) if fraudulent results are virtually the same as legitimate results (other twin studies) , the fraud may go undetected
B) most scientific fraud can be detected because the results will not be replicated when other scientists study the phenomenon
C) scientific fraud is often uncovered during the peer review process for journal publication
D) scientific fraud generally happens when researchers become mentally unbalanced

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