Is Most Published Research Wrong?

Name: Is Most Published Research Wrong?
Description: Veritasium explains why a large share of published research findings may be false, covering p-values, p-hacking, publication bias and low replication rates. It draws on John Ioannidis's well-known paper and describes reforms such as preregistration.

Veritasium

Veritasium explains why a large share of published research findings may be false, covering p-values, p-hacking, publication bias and low replication rates. It draws on John Ioannidis's well-known paper and describes reforms such as preregistration.

HN commenters link it whenever a shaky study or the p<0.05 threshold comes up, as a short primer on false positives in science.

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Scientific method & science communication
Data science & statistics

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