Science fictions : how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth

• Main Author: Ritchie, Stuart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt and Company, [2020]
• Edition: First edition
• Subjects: vědecké omyly; vědecké podvody; věda > metodologie; věda > etické a morální aspekty; vědecký výzkum > etické a morální aspekty; scientific errors; scientific misconducts; science > methodology; science > ethical and moral aspects; scientific research > ethical and moral aspects; monografie; monographs
• ISBN: 978-1-250-22269-5
• Physical Description: 353 stran ; 25 cm

"Science is how we understand the world. Yet critical flaws in peer review, statistical methods, and publication procedures have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless-or worse, badly misleading. Drawing on surprising new data from "meta-science" (the science of how...