Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
John P.A. Ioannidis, PLoS Medicine | August 2005 There is increasing concern that most current published research fi ndings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power and bias, the number of other studies on the same question, and, importantly, the ratio of true to no relationships among the relationships probed in each scientifi c fi eld. In this framework, a research fi nding is less likely to be true whenRead More→