Mea Culpa -- I should have looked at the URL I posted! On Feb 26, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote:
> Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" column (which is typically great!) is > actually with the Guardian, not the BBC. It will be interesting to > see if Goldacre has something to say about the BBC coverage of the > alcohol-cancer study. > > Chris > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================== > > > Paul Brandon wrote: >> >> Fortunately, the BBC has an antidote: see >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/badscience >> >> On Feb 26, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Gerald Peterson wrote: >> >>> I agree with Chris about the value of the Gigerenzer article. It >>> also inspired me to think of how we might help our graduating >>> students teach health professionals about assessing medical >>> research and communicating risk assessments more clearly to their >>> patients. I think psych students--even undergrads, often have a >>> good research and stats background that might be of use in the >>> areas of consulting and training of health professionals. I >>> wonder if others have students trying to establish such a career >>> track? Gary >>> >>> >>>>>> "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> 2/26/2009 8:41 am >>> >>> Yesterday in my "rant" about the BBC (and other media) coverage >>> of the >>> recent correlational alcohol-cancer study (below), I mentioned Gerd >>> Gigerenzer's work on how commonly-used conventions about the >>> reporting >>> of medical statistics misleads many people (including doctors) >>> about the >>> real risks involved. (Indeed, there is evidence that some >>> pharmaceutical >>> companies intentionally manipulate the format of statistics to >>> maximize >>> the appearance of benefit and minimize the appearance of risk.) Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
