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Statistics, when used in a misleading fashion, can trick the casual observer into believing something other than what the data shows. That is, a misuse of statistics occurs when a statistical argument asserts a falsehood. In some cases, the misuse may be accidental. In others, it is purposeful and for the gain of the perpetrator.
2012 phenomenon – a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or otherwise transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and as such, festivities to commemorate the date took place on 21 December 2012 in the countries that were part of the Maya civilization ...
Neo-colonial research or neo-colonial science, [36] [37] frequently described as helicopter research, [36] parachute science [38] [39] or research, [40] parasitic research, [41] [42] or safari study, [43] is when researchers from wealthier countries go to a developing country, collect information, travel back to their country, analyze the data ...
Leek summarized the key points of agreement as: when talking about the science-wise false discovery rate one has to bring data; there are different frameworks for estimating the science-wise false discovery rate; and "it is pretty unlikely that most published research is false", but that probably varies by one's definition of "most" and "false".
[268] [269] A 2023 report in Science noted that at least 21% of Dias's 2013 doctoral thesis had been plagiarised. [270] As of 2024, Dias has had five of his research papers retracted, and five other papers have received an expression of concern. [271] [272]
One example of sensationalism in science news was in 1998 when Andrew Wakefield published a study in The Lancet showing a link between MMR vaccines and autism [33] with it reaching the news media via press releases and a news conference [34] getting widespread coverage despite the publication being flawed and the article later being debunked ...
Seeing is believing, and it is easy to believe that mass shootings are a epidemic when the news coverage is saturated with stories of pain and agony. Seeing is believing, and it is easy to believe ...
The publication or nonpublication of research findings, depend on the nature and direction of the results. Although medical writers have acknowledged the problem of reporting biases for over a century, [12] it was not until the second half of the 20th century that researchers began to investigate the sources and size of the problem of reporting biases.