Joan-- The article you link to starts right off with a misstatement: it says: "Recent headlines blared that a new study had found that organic foods weren’t any healthier for you than conventional food."
This has been a common criticism. In fact, the study was specifically limited to the nutrients found in organic food and found that they did not differ significantly from those in foods not labeled 'organic'. Like all good science, they precisely defined the topic of their investigation and limited their conclusions to the scope of their evidence. Dr. Oz's (second hand) evidence is irrelevant to these conclusions. On the issue of the extent of fraud in science -- all we have is guesses about what proportion of scientific studies are fraudulent (which is not the same as being poor science). If it is one in one thousand, well, we teach our students to accept as statistically significant effects that will be invalid one time in twenty, or in one hundred. Think about it. Pesticides are a separate issue; one not addressed by the Stanford study. On Oct 4, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote: > http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/why-going-organic-matters-your-family > > Well Annette, our friend, Dr. Oz and a pediatrician colleague of his > provide evidence that significantly disputes the conclusions of the > Stanford study. So there is hope! > > Joan > [email protected] > > > >> I've been dismayed the last few months over the wealth of information >> presented here and in other fora about the extensive amounts of research >> fraud, research deception, research misconduct as well as simply flawed >> studies. >> >> It is very difficult in trying to teach students to be good consumers of >> research that there really is something out there that they can safely >> believe in, when there is so much that is very poor. >> >> I almost feel like a need a dose of "positive research" (as a corollary to >> positive psychology) for use in teaching. >> >> So, does anyone have some recent research they can refer to that is nice, >> clean, understandable and has some impact (i.e., not fairly trivial). >> >> Annette >> Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=20968 or send a blank email to leave-20968-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
