#167 – Gary Taubes: Bad science and challenging the conventional wisdom of obesity
“Doing a background analysis is the hard, relentless, rigorous grunt work of science. It’s endless and thankless, because if you do it right, all you’ll do is prove that you were wrong all along.” —Gary Taubes
#143 – John Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.: Why most biomedical research is flawed, and how to improve it
“We need to defend our method. We need to defend our principles. We need to defend the honesty of science in trying to communicate it rather than building exaggerated promises or narratives that are not realistic.” —John Ioannidis
Studying Studies: Part IV – randomization and confounding
Randomization helps us in our quest to not fool ourselves. Confounding? Not so much.
Studying Studies: Part III – the motivation for observational studies
If randomized-controlled trials are considered the gold standard for establishing reliable knowledge, why do we see so many observational studies in public health?