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What is Evidence? Part 1: Randomised Controlled Trials

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Just because you might not be a scientist, doesn't mean you can't look for and understand the evidence behind a claim. Now you can get started by investigating randomised controlled trials.

Further Reading:

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  • Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
  • Trick or Treatment by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst
  • How to read a paper: The basics of evidence-based medicine by Trisha Greenhalgh
  • Steven Novella's discussions on p-hacking:
    • https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/get-rid-of-statistical-significance/
    • https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/p-hacking-and-other-statistical-sins/
    • Rationable's article on Homeopathy: https://www.berationable.com/rationable-blog/2019/03/20/does-homeopathy-work
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomized_controlled_trial
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lind
    • https://emj.bmj.com/content/20/2/164
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

      • The blog version of this episode: https://www.berationable.com/rationable-blog/2019/6/11/what-is-evidence-part-1-randomised-controlled-trials

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