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The Problem with Science R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)

The Problem with Science By R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)

The Problem with Science by R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)


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Recent events have vividly underscored the societal importance of science, yet the majority of the public are unaware that a large proportion of published scientific results are simply wrong. The Problem with Science explains in nontechnical language how such fallacy occurs, how it gets published in respected scientific journals, and how it can largely be avoided.

The Problem with Science Summary

The Problem with Science: The Reproducibility Crisis and What to do About It by R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)

Recent events have vividly underscored the societal importance of science, yet the majority of the public are unaware that a large proportion of published scientific results are simply wrong. The Problem with Science is an exploration of the manifestations and causes of this scientific crisis, accompanied by a description of the very promising corrective initiatives largely developed over the past decade to stem the spate of irreproducible results that have come to characterize many of our sciences. More importantly, Dr. R. Barker Bausell has designed it to provide guidance to practicing and aspiring scientists regarding how (a) to change the way in which science has come to be both conducted and reported in order to avoid producing false positive, irreproducible results in their own work and (b) to change those institutional practices (primarily but not exclusively involving the traditional journal publishing process and the academic reward system) that have unwittingly contributed to the present crisis. There is a need for change in the scientific culture itself. A culture which prioritizes conducting research correctly in order to get things right rather than simply getting it published.

The Problem with Science Reviews

Partly an introductory survey of the reproducibility crisis, partly a series of recommendations to students and scholars that could, if employed, reduce the severity of the crisis, this work includes extensive endnotes with each chapter, providing access to a vast literature on this topic ... The reproducibility crisis is a problem of interest to a large readership spanning many disciplines. Many of the sources discussed, including some of the author's own previous works, would be an excellent starting point for more information about this topic. An essential acquisition for all academic and public libraries. * J. Cummings, CHOICE *
Bausell, the author of a number of books, brings a broad perspective, across many disciplines beyond only psychology, to the story he tells so engagingly ... My conclusion is that Bausell gives us a valuable, wide-ranging and well-informed history, progress report, and agenda for the Open Science project. * Geoff Cumming, Introduction to the New Statistics *

About R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)

R. Barker Bausell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, where he served as a research methodologist and biostatistician on the faculties of both the schools of medicine and nursing for over 30 years. He has authored 14 scientifically related books, and founded and served for 33 years as the Editor-in-Chief of the refereed medical evaluation journal Evaluation & the Health Professions.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. BACKGROUND AND FACILITATORS OF THE CRISIS Chapter 1: Publication Bias Chapter 2: False Positive Results and a Nontechnical Overview of their Modeling Chapter 3: Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) and their Devastating Scientific Effects Chapter 4: A Few Case Studies of QRP Driven Irreproducibility Effects Chapter 5: The Return of Pathological Science (actually it never went away) Part II. APPROACHES FOR IDENTIFYING IRREPRODUCIBLE FINDINGS Chapter 6: The Replication Process Chapter 7: Multiple-Study Replication Initiatives Chapter 8: Damage Control for Learning that One's Study Failed to Replicate PART III: STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESULTS Chapter 9: Publishing Issues and their Impact upon Reproducibility Chapter 10: Preregistration, Data Sharing, and Other Salutary Behaviors Chapter 11: A (Very) Few Concluding Thoughts

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NPB9780197536537
9780197536537
0197536530
The Problem with Science: The Reproducibility Crisis and What to do About It by R. Barker Bausell (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press Inc
2021-03-31
296
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