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Bad science quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Faber and Faber 2010Description: xii, 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780007284870
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 500GOL
Summary: While exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies, the author takes the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window in its quest to sell more copies. He also teaches you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample size, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 500GOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 007791

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259-273) and index.

While exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies, the author takes the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window in its quest to sell more copies. He also teaches you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample size, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it.

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