Title |
Decision-Making in Research Tasks with Sequential Testing
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2009
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0004607 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Thomas Pfeiffer, David G. Rand, Anna Dreber |
Abstract |
In a recent controversial essay, published by JPA Ioannidis in PLoS Medicine, it has been argued that in some research fields, most of the published findings are false. Based on theoretical reasoning it can be shown that small effect sizes, error-prone tests, low priors of the tested hypotheses and biases in the evaluation and publication of research findings increase the fraction of false positives. These findings raise concerns about the reliability of research. However, they are based on a very simple scenario of scientific research, where single tests are used to evaluate independent hypotheses. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 6 | 75% |
Canada | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Scientists | 4 | 50% |
Members of the public | 2 | 25% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 1 | 3% |
Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
Italy | 1 | 3% |
South Africa | 1 | 3% |
Canada | 1 | 3% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 3% |
United States | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 26 | 79% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 9 | 27% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 24% |
Professor | 4 | 12% |
Other | 3 | 9% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
Other | 5 | 15% |
Unknown | 1 | 3% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 21% |
Psychology | 6 | 18% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 15% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 9% |
Computer Science | 2 | 6% |
Other | 8 | 24% |
Unknown | 2 | 6% |