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We need services that curate how much you should actually pay attention to a given study. Science journalists have proven themselves inadequate to the task beca
by nazgulnarsil 13y ago
We need services that curate how much you should actually pay attention to a given study. Science journalists have proven themselves inadequate to the task because they are after eyeballs. Large, well designed studies, with applicable samples and large effect sizes? Yes. Small studies with poor design on rats, or elderly Finnish twins with diabetes? No.
Why can't I find a list of some of the largest and most robust systematic reviews and meta anlyses ever done?
- biofox 13y ago"Why can't I find a list of some of the largest and most robust systematic reviews and meta anlyses ever done?" The Cochrane Collaboration is the closest thing I know of: http://www.cochrane.org/ http://www.cochrane.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_Collaboration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane_Collaboration
- nazgulnarsil 13y agoYes, and I use them extensively. But they do not publish a guide to the studies they think are most worth paying attention to due to their quality and size.