"If you’re doing that having already written your conclusions, it takes a strong will not to lean—consciously or unconsciously—in your pre-determined direction. The idea that all the low-integrity, low-proficiency stuff happens in the study before any writing takes place is just not an accurate description of how normal, everyday science is done."

https://stuartritchie.substack.com/p/science-isnt-storytelling?utm_medium=web