Thứ Sáu, 25 tháng 5, 2018

How the communication of scientific studies can go wrong!



A hilarious show in which the host demonstrated brilliantly a whole host of things that could go wrong with the results of a scientific study. The bias can come in many different forms, either intentionally or ignorantly. This is a useful material to be used in class. I would love to have some one helps with translating this video into Vietnamese one day because that would help if the student is not willingly or not comfortable with English (He speaks clear yet quite fast, and the story some times hard to follow due to cultural differences. You know, humor and funny stories do not always work across culture.)

Basically, the points can be discussed from this video can be:
1. Reliability (replicability)
2. Media reporting with bias
3. Oversimplifying in reporting and communicating science
4. Ethics
5. P-hacking of data
6. Critical thinking (as a researcher and as a consumer of information)
7. Publication bias (underestimation of replication studies)

Can you spot any other topics from the video? Please comment below.

More resources on the similar topics can be found at:

1. This article by the Chronicle of Higher Education, which discusses how the PR and the university researchers are not working well together and how that may harm.

2. I appreciate the work of Jessica Hartnett on her blog (http://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com), where all these materials can be found and credited to.

3. A Ted-Ed about why we must be skeptical consumers of information.

4. A Ted-Talk that demonstrates the real story of flaws in research design, sampling method, and assumptions that have persisted in medicine research for age.


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