Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science by Stuart Ritchie

4.33 AVERAGE

rprimrose's review against another edition

4.0
funny informative reflective fast-paced
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snarlet319's review against another edition

5.0
informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Excellent for anyone who cares about the state of scientific research.

mj123's review against another edition

4.0
hopeful informative medium-paced
This is an excellent book. To contrast it with others, that take an us versus them or good guy bad guy position, this book just explains a problem. It's very helpful how he explains why scientific study results are constantly changing and conflicting. Very useful information presented very accurately. I was very familiar with a lot of the issues and with many of the cases and have a degree in statistics. However I learned more about some famous researcher who I didn't know were frauds. Also some subtle aspects of statistical meta analysis.  All that said I would have appreciated more on nutrition studies and the specific problems there. 
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silelda's review against another edition

4.75
challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

vlad's review against another edition

5.0
Expose and survey of the conflicts of interest, bad designs, and counter-science cultural influences on science. Covers lots of ground, takes down studies I have cited by Gladwell and other popular social science peddlers, and teaches how science should be conducted and its outcomes consumed.