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Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth
By Ritchie, Stuart
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- 9781250222695
- Publisher
- Metropolitan
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Starred Review on July 1, 2020 | Science & Technology
According to British psychologist Ritchie (Psychiatry Ctr., King's Coll. London; Intelligence: All That Matters) objectivity, accuracy, and impartiality—cornerstones of the scientific process—have been replaced by the pressure to publish attention-grabbing, statistically significant, positive results. Much of the author's critique focuses on the widespread manipulation of statistics by scientists who game the publication system to make their experimental results more publishable...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
