Scientists should do this kind of debunking of bogus science more often!
Tag: statistics
Do patients of CAM-trained GPs have 15 percent less healthcare costs? Nope, myth busted!
The study of Kooreman and Baars doesn’t at all show that GPs trained in alternative medicine work more cost efficient, but the authors make us believe so using their press release and other public outings.
Ants Performing Statistical Miracle under GSM Phone Radiation?
A study showed that ants lose the ability of picking up visual and olfactory cues under influence of GSM radiation, but the figures look too good to be true.
The Stapel Fraud Anniversary and the Psychology of Meat
A year ago Diederik Stapel was exposed as a fraud. In the week before this announcement I had been analyzing his meat bastards research.
About the study on effects of the workplace smoking ban in the Netherlands and what is wrong with it
A Dutch study shows a significant decrease of sudden circulatory arrests after implementation of a working place smoking ban, but doesn’t explain the big increase before the ban.
Translated article: IACH Research Award for Study on Homeopathic Prevention of Piglet Diarrhoea
A critica look at the study by Irene Camerlink and Liesbeth Ellinger on using homeopathy to prevent diarrhoea in piglets. It’s utterly flawed and proves nothing. .
Osucksy … no, Olycocks … damn!, Oscillococcinum!?
Every year it’s the same story: when people around us start coughing and sneezing and complaining of catching the flu, we see commercials for the unpronounceable product pop up on our TV screen. Oscillococcinum is back in town! This cold and flu season we saw some interesting developments with regards to this homeopathic drug; interesting from […]