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Error and Fraud - The Dark Side of Biomedical Research (Hardcover)
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Error and Fraud - The Dark Side of Biomedical Research (Hardcover)
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This fascinating book gives readers an appreciation of how
biomedical research should work and how the reality is all too
often seriously flawed. Explaining the logical basis of the
different research approaches used by biomedical research
scientists and their relative merits, it will help readers to make
more realistic appraisal of media reports linking aspects of
lifestyle, environment or diet to health outcomes and thus judge
whether such claims are a real effect worthy of consideration for
behavior change or deserving of further research resources. Key
features: increases awareness of research fraud and some of the
characteristics of fraudulent science and scientific fraudsters
shows that whilst outright fraud may be uncommon, fudging of
results to help achieve statistical significance may be more
prevalent incorporates real-life case studies highlighting some of
the infamous cases of research fraud and major scientific mistakes
and the impact that they have had provides a convenient overview of
the research process in the biomedical sciences, with a focus on
research strategy rather than individual methods find supplemental
detail on the author's blog
https://drgeoffnutrition.wordpress.com/about/ By raising awareness
of the possibility that research data may have been dishonestly
generated and outlining some of the signs and symptoms that might
suggest data fabrication, Error and Fraud: The Dark Side of
Biomedical Research will help students and researchers to identify
the strengths and limitations of different research approaches and
allow them to make a realistic evaluations of their own and others'
research findings.
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