Re: Are most scientific studies screwed up?
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John Ioannidis, who argues that the results of most published scientific studies are wrong.
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"There is an increasing concern that in modern research, false findings may be the majority or even the vast majority of published research claims,"
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Anyone care to connect those two for me?
I can understand the conclusions being 'wrong' or poorly supported or the claim overstated.
I'm not following how the study can be wrong, unless he means faking the data, in which case how could he know that just by looking at it.
His challenge of the studies seems to be doing exactly what peer review is supposed to do... check, challenge, confirm.
Does this mean the next mars mission will land on mercury because " in modern research, false findings.." and that Pluto is a planet? or what.
Or has he overgeneralized from his field of study, epidemiology, which may suffer from it's own limitations, to make a sweeping statement about scientific research in general.
Iow, is his study overreaching it's conclusion also?
luckyme
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