Bad Science
WEBDec 5, 2017 · Here’s a paper, and associated website, that we launch today: we have assessed, and then ranked, all the biggest drug companies in the world, to compare their public commitments on trials transparency. Regular readers will …
Top 10 Junk Science and Bogus Health Claims ACSH Debunked in …
WEBDec 30, 2020 · Here are the top 10 junk science and bogus health claims we debunked in 2020. Though we spent about nine months of the year focused almost exclusively on COVID, we did find time to debunk pseudoscientific nonsense.
Bad Science (Goldacre book) - Wikipedia
WEBIn Bad Science, Goldacre explains basic scientific principles to demonstrate the importance of robust research methods, experimental design, and analysis to make informed judgements and conclusions of evidence-based medicine.
Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science | TED Talk
WEBBen Goldacre unpicks dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dubious government reports, pharmaceutical corporations, PR companies and quacks.
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
WEBOct 12, 2010 · Bad Science is more than just a debunking expose (though its that): it's a toolkit for critical thinking, a primer on statistics and valid study design, a guide to meta-analysis and other tools for uncovering and understanding truth . . . The book should be required reading for everyone who cares about health, science, and public policy.”
What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science ...
WEBOct 25, 2018 · A disturbingly large portion of papers—about 2%—contain "problematic" scientific images that experts readily identified as deliberately manipulated, according to a study of 20,000 papers published in mBio in 2016 by Elisabeth Bik of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues.
Why Bad Science Is Sometimes More Appealing Than Good Science
WEBAug 1, 2021 · Why Bad Science Is Sometimes More Appealing Than Good Science. A recent paper makes an upsetting claim about the state of science: nonreplicable studies are cited more often than replicable...
The Many Faces of Bad Science - WIRED
WEBJul 22, 2020 · The Many Faces of Bad Science. In his new book, psychologist Stuart Ritchie paints a portrait of the modern system of research and all the ways it gets undermined. Photo-Illustration: Lauren ...
How to Tell the Difference Between Good and Bad Science
WEBDec 18, 2018 · The heroic work of researchers should lead the news when it fundamentally changes our world and prospects for improved health. However, it can often be difficult to sort good science from bad.
Why bad science is plaguing health research — and how to fix it
WEBApr 5, 2017 · Why bad science is plaguing health research — and how to fix it. Science Apr 5, 2017 4:11 PM EDT. In his new book, NPR reporter Richard Harris picks through a problem that may corrode the...