Deliberate fabrication in reported research is:
A) more common than inadvertent bias
B) increasing in psychological journals
C) usually undetected
D) less common than inadvertent bias

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Deliberate fabrication in reported research is less common than inadvertent bias. Inadvertent bias can occur more frequently due to subconscious influences or unintentional errors in data collection and analysis, whereas deliberate fabrication involves the intentional falsification of data or results, which is less common but more egregious.

Deliberate Fabrication in Reported Research Is