Why scientists seem to change their minds (7)

4 July, 2012 Kirsty Newman

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Reason 7: Part of the dataset was suppressed In the examples I mentioned yesterday (Reason 6: The entire dataset was...

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Why scientists seem to change their minds (6)

3 July, 2012 Kirsty Newman

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Reason 6: The entire dataset was not considered The scientific method is a good way to get more objective answers...

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Why scientists seem to change their minds (5)

2 July, 2012 Kirsty Newman

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Reason 5: Someone else misinterpreted the results Yesterday I mentioned that scientists sometimes misinterpret what they observe but of course...

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Why scientists seem to change their minds (4)

1 July, 2012 Kirsty Newman

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Reason 4: The scientist misinterpreted the results Sometimes the scientific findings are correct but the way they are interpreted is not....

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Why scientists seem to change their minds (3)

30 June, 2012 Kirsty Newman

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Reason 3: They lied (or at least stretched the truth!) Let’s be completely honest. Scientists are human beings and human...

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Why scientists seem to change their minds (2)

29 June, 2012 Kirsty Newman

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Reason 2: They didn’t ask the right questions A scientific experiment gives you the answer to a specific question (e.g. does this intervention...

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