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Quality control/quality assurance

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processes for planning, conducting, monitoring, overseeing, and auditing an activity (such as research) to ensure that it meets appropriate standards of quality.



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Questionable research practices (QRPs)

(Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:48 PM)
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research practices that are regarded by many as unethical but are not considered to be research misconduct. Duplicate publication and Honorary authorship are considered by many to be QRPs.