Comments on: Throwing Stones at the House of Research http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Aubrey Blumsohn http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/comment-page-1/#comment-180575 Aubrey Blumsohn Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:45:57 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/#comment-180575 "Embrace that research is fundamentally a subjective, human process designed to try and arrive at objective, scientific findings..... we need to do a better job of understanding individual studies, placing them into their proper context, and moving on." ..... and ..... embrace that sometimes research or its representation is frankly fraudulent, and not all designed to reach any sort of objective truth. Aubrey “Embrace that research is fundamentally a subjective, human process designed to try and arrive at objective, scientific findings…..
we need to do a better job of understanding individual studies, placing them into their proper context, and moving on.”

….. and ….. embrace that sometimes research or its representation is frankly fraudulent, and not all designed to reach any sort of objective truth.
Aubrey

]]> By: The Neurocritic http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/comment-page-1/#comment-177894 The Neurocritic Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:11:03 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/#comment-177894 It seems like you've given up on research entirely. But keep in mind that "...a Little Replication Goes a Long Way..." Moonesinghe R, Khoury MJ, Janssens ACJW (2007). <a href="http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0040028%22" rel="nofollow">Most Published Research Findings Are False—But a Little Replication Goes a Long Way</a>. <i>PLoS Medicine</i>. It seems like you’ve given up on research entirely. But keep in mind that

“…a Little Replication Goes a Long Way…”

Moonesinghe R, Khoury MJ, Janssens ACJW (2007). Most Published Research Findings Are False—But a Little Replication Goes a Long Way. PLoS Medicine.

]]> By: CL Psy http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/comment-page-1/#comment-177322 CL Psy Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:27:14 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/#comment-177322 Ugh. I see that the sarahparkin.com site has reared its ugly head -- the site plagiarizes my posts and posts from other blogs without giving any attribution. The words above are actually from my site. Fantastic post on your part -- I wish more physicians were aware of the shaky foundations of the so-called evidence bas upon which they practice. Ugh. I see that the sarahparkin.com site has reared its ugly head — the site plagiarizes my posts and posts from other blogs without giving any attribution. The words above are actually from my site. Fantastic post on your part — I wish more physicians were aware of the shaky foundations of the so-called evidence bas upon which they practice.

]]> By: sarahparkin.com » Bias in Research: The Word is Spreading http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/comment-page-1/#comment-176740 sarahparkin.com » Bias in Research: The Word is Spreading Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:08:29 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/26/throwing-stones-at-the-house-of-research/#comment-176740 [...] Dr. John Grohol over at PsychCentral has issued an excellent post on bias in research. He aptly describes some of the many biases that enter into the research process and why we’d better be quite careful before we jump on the evidence based medicine bandwagon. A teaser follows, in which he discusses evidence based medicine: It’s like buying a 14-chapter book expecting to get the entire story. But instead of getting the entire story, you find chapters 10-14 are missing, and that chapters 3-9 were written by an author that didn’t appear on the front cover of the book. But it’s not quite so obvious as that. Nobody tells you that chapters 3-9 were written by someone else, and nobody mentions that it’s actually a 14-chapter book that’s missing 5 chapters. It’s no wonder you come away from the book feeling a little confused and betrayed. It’s nothing like you expected or were promised. [...] [...] Dr. John Grohol over at PsychCentral has issued an excellent post on bias in research. He aptly describes some of the many biases that enter into the research process and why we’d better be quite careful before we jump on the evidence based medicine bandwagon. A teaser follows, in which he discusses evidence based medicine: It’s like buying a 14-chapter book expecting to get the entire story. But instead of getting the entire story, you find chapters 10-14 are missing, and that chapters 3-9 were written by an author that didn’t appear on the front cover of the book. But it’s not quite so obvious as that. Nobody tells you that chapters 3-9 were written by someone else, and nobody mentions that it’s actually a 14-chapter book that’s missing 5 chapters. It’s no wonder you come away from the book feeling a little confused and betrayed. It’s nothing like you expected or were promised. [...]

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