Science fictions : how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth / Stuart Rit...
Science fictions : how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth / Stuart Rit...
Science fictions : how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth / Stuart Ritchie.
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New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
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G 2020/3178
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English
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Physical content
353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface -- Part I: Ought and is. How science works -- The replication crisis -- Part II: Faults and flaws. Fraud -- Bias -- Negligence -- Hype -- Part III: Causes and cures. Perverse incentives -- Fixing science -- Epilogue -- Appendix: How to read a scientific paper.
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"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 science works), Science Fictions documents the errors that have d...
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Science fictions : how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth / Stuart Ritchie.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/3178
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74VKaq5lvM3M
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ISBN
1250222699 hardcover
9781250222695 hardcover
DDC
500
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991024331017402626
