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==Why Medical Studies are Often Wrong== | ==Why Medical Studies are Often Wrong== | ||
In this online piece, | Why medical studies are often wrong; John Allen Paulos explains how bad math haunts heath research<br> | ||
[http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WhosCounting/story?id=997688&page=1 Who's Counting, ABCNews.com, 7 August 2005] <br> | |||
In this online piece, Paulos discusses a JAMA study about contradictory medical advice ( John P. A. Ioannidis, J.P.A. Contradicted and initially stronger effects in highly cited clinical research. JAMA, July14, 2005; 294:218-228 ). You can find an abstract of the study [http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/294/2/218 here]. | |||
== Do Car Seats Really Work? == | |||
Freakonomics: the seat-belt solution<br> | |||
''New York Times'', 10 July 2005, <br> | |||
Steven J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt<br> | |||
Dubner and Levitt are the authors of ''Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explains the Hidden Side of Everything'' ([http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=006073132X HarperCollins], 2005), which addresses such nonconventional questions as "Why do drug dealers still live with their mothers?" and "What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?" | |||
In the present article, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom on car seats. | |||
Revision as of 19:41, 2 September 2005
Why Medical Studies are Often Wrong
Why medical studies are often wrong; John Allen Paulos explains how bad math haunts heath research
Who's Counting, ABCNews.com, 7 August 2005
In this online piece, Paulos discusses a JAMA study about contradictory medical advice ( John P. A. Ioannidis, J.P.A. Contradicted and initially stronger effects in highly cited clinical research. JAMA, July14, 2005; 294:218-228 ). You can find an abstract of the study here.
Do Car Seats Really Work?
Freakonomics: the seat-belt solution
New York Times, 10 July 2005,
Steven J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt
Dubner and Levitt are the authors of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explains the Hidden Side of Everything (HarperCollins, 2005), which addresses such nonconventional questions as "Why do drug dealers still live with their mothers?" and "What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?"
In the present article, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom on car seats.