“It has been claimed and demonstrated that many (and possibly most) of the conclusions drawn from biomedical research are probably false,” the article began. The authors explained that one big complication is that scientists are under enormous pressure to publish their work, and journals tend to publish results that are statistically significant. If there’s no big effect, a journal is less likely to be interested. “As a consequence, researchers have strong incentives to engage in research practices that make their findings publishable quickly, even if those practices reduce the likelihood that
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