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Ioannidis' "Why most published research findings are false" (http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020124 http://www.plosmedi
by ajarmst 12y ago
Ioannidis' "Why most published research findings are false" (http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020124 http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj...) is particularly relevant here, I think.
- ajarmst 12y agoNote, in particular, his "Corollary 4: The greater the flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true. "