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  What eight years of writing the Bad Science column have taught me

  4 Nov 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Pulling bad science apart is the best teaching gimmick I know for explaining how good science works

• DIY statistical analysis: experience the thrill of touching real data

  28 Oct 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: The story of one man's efforts to re-analyse the stats behind a BBC report on bowel cancer is a heartwarmingly nerdy one

• Serious claims belong in a serious scientific paper

  21 Oct 2011: Ben Goldacre: If you have a serious new claim to make, it should go through scientific publication and peer review before you present it to the media

• Will asking a question get your science paper cited more?

  14 Oct 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Lots of stuff other than content can influence why scientific papers are cited by academics

• There's a wealth of data out there – why not let us use it?

  7 Oct 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Much everyday government data is locked down hard, but the benefits of sharing it are potentially huge

• If you want answers, why not run your own trials?

  30 Sep 2011: Ben Goldacre: All you need is a computer, some volunteers and time on your hands

• The dangers of cherry-picking evidence

  23 Sep 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: It's one thing to produce a bias-free experiment – but the second, crucial stage is to synthesise the evidence fairly

• The special trick that helps identify dodgy stats

  16 Sep 2011: Ben Goldacre: Using Benford's law, forensic statisticians can spot suspicious patterns in the raw numbers, and estimate the chances figures have been tampered with

• The statistical error that just keeps on coming

  9 Sep 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: The same statistical errors – namely, ignoring the "difference in differences" – are appearing throughout the most prestigious journals in neuroscience

• Academic publishers run a guarded knowledge economy

  2 Sep 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: The business model for scholarly papers forms a barrier to the public, but can such walls remain standing?

• Vitamin pills can lead you to take health risks

  26 Aug 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Trials show that people who think they've done something healthy, even if they haven't, smoke more and believe they are invulnerable to diseases

• Unemployment is rising – or is that statistical noise?

  19 Aug 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Small variations in figures get politicians and commentators excited, but we may be wrong to read patterns into them

• Researchers don't mean to exaggerate, but lots of things can distort findings

  12 Aug 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Bad science: It's possible people are not bothering to report a negative result alongside positive ones they found

• Any set of figures needs adjusting before it can be usefully reported

  5 Aug 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Tricky concept ahoy – so cue some nerdy tables

• Anecdotes are great – if they convey data accurately

  29 Jul 2011:

  Ben Goldacre: Bad science: Channel 4 reported that a study in the Lancet showed a new drug had reduced the symptoms of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. Unfortunately, the study shows no such thing

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