These problems are not new
From a paper published in 1945 by Vannevar Bush, head of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) during World War II:
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Softer sciences publish more positive results
Read more → More from Meta-science →A colleague referenced this 2010 paper which measures proportion of positive results by scientific discipline.
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Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence
Read more → More from Meta-science →An opinion article from Iain Chalmers (of the very well regarded though not fully open access Cochrane Collaboration) and Paul Glasziou (of the Center for Evidence-based Medicine) discusses the high potential for waste in much research.
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The harm done by tests of significance
Read more → More from Meta-science →An interesting article from Accident Analysis and Prevention from 2004 goes over three case studies where Null Hypothesis Significance Testing may have cost lives.
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Correcting the Lies that Data Tell
Read more → More from Meta-science →Found this interesting paper from a couple years ago: Detecting and Correcting the Lies that Data Tellby F Schmidt.
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No clear evidence on how pharmaceutical promotions influence prescribing
Read more → More from Meta-science →A new PLoS Medicine report investigated how pharmaceutical promotions and advertising influence prescriptions:
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How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research?
Read more → More from Meta-science →“A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data”
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Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
Read more → More from Meta-science →Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
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Contradicted and Initially Stronger Effects in Highly Cited Clinical Research
Read more → More from Meta-science →Contradicted and Initially Stronger Effects in Highly Cited Clinical Research