The Matter of Facts
The Matter of Facts How biases, the desire for a good narrative, reliance on citation metrics, and other problems undermine confidence in modern science.Modern science is built on experimental…
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The Matter of Facts
How biases, the desire for a good narrative, reliance on citation metrics, and other problems undermine confidence in modern science.Modern science is built on experimental evidence, yet scientists are often very selective in deciding what evidence to use and tend to disagree about how to interpret it. They do so to contextualize an array of problems confronting modern science that have raised concerns about its reliability: the widespread use of inappropriate statistical tests, a shortage of replication studies, and a bias in both publishing and citing "positive" results. In The Matter of Facts, Gareth and Rhodri Leng explore how scientists produce and use evidence.
Before these problems can be addressed meaningfully, the authors argue, we must understand what makes science work and what leads it astray.The myth of science is that scientists constantly
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