====== Beautification of data ======

The beautification of [[data]] is the process of reporting results of a [[research]] in a way that does not correspond to reality, in order to present them in a more favorable or attractive way. The border between [[error]]s due to [[methodological ignorance]], embellishment of reality and fraud is sometimes difficult to determine. It is the intentional nature and the repetition of these "arrangements" that are the real switch to deliberate fraud. The emergence of regulatory procedures, such as clinical trial registries, "reporting guidelines", improvement of "peer review" and data sharing, are some of the measures used to fight against and improve transparency of clinical research.