Last week I came across a video uploaded by Pete Judo on YouTube on the recent controversies concerning Francesca Gino, a renowned scientist at Harvard university and her scientific research fraud. This is really bad for behavioural science in general because Francesca Gino is one the biggest names in the field, kind of like a rockstar in her field and so this send shockwaves through the scientific community and shook the very foundation of research integrity. Gino’s studies often yielded very surprising results, often almost too good to be true. This sparked fascination among people in the field and also bought in skepticism in equal measure. Now here is where three academics Uri Simonsohn, Joe Simmons and Leif Nelson come into the spotlight, who took it upon themselves to meticulously scrutinize Gino’s work. But before we get into the nitty gritty of the this case, You can get the full version of this data fraud found by Uri,Joe and Leif on their blog Data Colada , Where yo...