Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
Channel: C0nc0rdance
Date: 2011-06-24

Dedicated to Tandykane, for being the umpteenth science denialist to throw this article at me: may you learn something from it.

John Ioaniddis' article "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False"
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

More about John.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._A._Ioannidis

Alex Tabarrok on Marginal Revolution, a great article summarizing the math:
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/09/why_most_publis.html

Orac's blog, Respectful Insolence, covers the misuse of this research in popular media and the Internet.
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/09/the_cranks_pile_on_john_ioannidis_work_o.php

Here's Newsweek completely misinterpreting the finding to satisfy an anti-science narrative:
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/23/why-almost-everything-you-hear-about-medicine-is-wrong.html

Dr. Steven Novella on his blog Neurologica:
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/are-most-medical-studies-wrong/