Is Most Published Research Wrong?

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Published at : 29 Sep 2021
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Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.
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Why Most Published Research Findings Are False:
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

Trouble at the Lab:
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble

Science isn’t broken:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/#part1

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