Saturday, January 25, 2014
Saturday Reading - Scientific Research Is Unreliable, Unreliable Scientists Report
A significant amount of our behaviors (what we buy and what we do) have their origins in scientific studies.
Apparently, those studies aren't as valid as we are led to believe.
Why am I not surprised?...
Apparently, those studies aren't as valid as we are led to believe.
Why am I not surprised?...
On the OutsideTheBeltway website, James Joyner writes about it:
"A recent piece in The Economist points to an issue that has been a recurring theme at OTB over the years: there’s reason to be deeply skeptical of most research published in scientific and other scholarly journals. While I’ve long noted the dubious methodology of medical research in particular, and of the vaunted peer review process in general, it’s actually much worse than I’d previously understood."
