Evidence of Fraud Found in Influential Procrastination Study
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-31
Data Colada reports evidence of fraud in a influential 2002 study on procrastination and deadlines. The paper, which has over 2,100 citations, failed to replicate, and analysis of the original data revealed signs of fabrication.
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