Very old news. Look up the File Drawer Problem or Publication Bias http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/mks/statmistakes/filedrawer.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:56 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why Reporting On Scientific Research May Warp Findings > > The pressure to publish original research can mean scientists are > neglecting to verify the work of others. In its current issue, the Journal > of Social Science is trying a different approach. > > http://news.wbfo.org/post/why-reporting-scientific-research-may-warp-findings > > The theory that the article discusses is that research scientists and > peer-reviewed journals are more likely to publish findings on "something > new" rather than recreations of something previously published. This is > because of how the peer-review process works and the tendency to publish > sexy over scientific review. > > Thoughts? > > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370169 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
