Is Most Published Research Wrong?

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veritasium science reproducibility research wrong false biased p-hacking experiment flaw crisis p-value p-values 5 sigma statistically significant decay effect false positive false negative publication bias null hypothesis

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Is Most Published Research Wrong?

Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.

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Resources used in the making of this video:

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

Visual effects by Gustavo Rosa

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