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Recent events have vividly underscored the societal importance of science, yet the majority of the public are unaware that a large proportion of published scientific results are simply wrong. The Problem with Science is an exploration of the manifestations and causes of this scientific crisis, accompanied by a description of the very promising corrective initiatives largely developed over the past decade to stem the spate of irreproducible results that have come to characterize many of our sciences.
More importantly, Dr. R. Barker Bausell has designed it to provide guidance to practicing and aspiring scientists regarding how (a) to change the way in which science has come to be both conducted and reported in order to avoid producing false positive, irreproducible results in their own work and (b) to change those institutional practices (primarily but not exclusively involving the traditional journal publishing process and the academic reward system) that have unwittingly contributed to the present crisis. There is a need for change in the scientific culture itself. A culture which prioritizes conducting research correctly in order to get things right rather than simply getting it published.
Contents
Introduction
Part I. BACKGROUND AND FACILITATORS OF THE CRISIS
Chapter 1: Publication Bias
Chapter 2: False Positive Results and a Nontechnical Overview of their Modeling
Chapter 3: Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) and their Devastating Scientific Effects
Chapter 4: A Few Case Studies of QRP Driven Irreproducibility Effects
Chapter 5: The Return of Pathological Science (actually it never went away)
Part II. APPROACHES FOR IDENTIFYING IRREPRODUCIBLE FINDINGS
Chapter 6: The Replication Process
Chapter 7: Multiple-Study Replication Initiatives
Chapter 8: Damage Control for Learning that One's Study Failed to Replicate
PART III: STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESULTS
Chapter 9: Publishing Issues and their Impact upon Reproducibility
Chapter 10: Preregistration, Data Sharing, and Other Salutary Behaviors
Chapter 11: A (Very) Few Concluding Thoughts
