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Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7915-most-scientific-papers-are-probabl
by codeulike 13y ago
Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7915-most-scientific-papers-are-probably-wrong.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7915-most-scientific-p...
Ioannidis JPA (2005) Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. PLoS Med 2(8): e124. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
- kailuowang 13y agoIs this analysis a published scientific research?
- return0 13y agoJoking aside, the authors of these studies have highlighted the low statistical power of research in a number of fields (see also http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v14/n5/abs/nrn3475.html http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v14/n5/abs/nrn3475.html), which is a serious issue that often leads to over-interpretation. It's as if researches willing to publish more are rushing hasty studies out the door. It's a good thing that people can measure these things and ring the alarm
- gwern 13y agoDepends. By and large, Ioannidis's paper is pointing out the basic consequences of the alpha and beta parameters in Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing, so there's a very good argument that this paper is merely statistics, and statistics is generally considered to be mathematics, and mathematics not science but its own thing.
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