Battling bad science

Format: Videos

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Language/s: English

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Resource Link: View the Video

Target Audience: Self-directed learning

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Short Description:

15-min talk by Ben Goldacre on ways evidence can be distorted.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-3 関連性と因果関係は同じではない
• 1-5 新しい治療法が必ずしも優れているとは限らない
• 1-6 専門家の意見が必ずしも正しいとは限らない
• 1-7 利益相反に気を付けること
• 3-2 あなたは試験を受けた人々と大きく異なりますか？
• 2-8 関連する公正な比較はすべて検討してください

Details

Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they’re right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference