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Instead, people often rely on weak studies that get repeated ad infinitum.
The field is plagued by small, weak studies that are hard to turn into statistically robust conclusions.
To ignore strong evidence against a conjecture while inflating weak studies is textbook cherry-picking, where data that might contradict a particular hypothesis is jettisoned, and only evidence fitting the desired story retained.
Green activists often cherry-pick data from weak studies, behaving more like politicians than scientists.We need high-yield farming to save land, feed people and eliminate rural poverty in the developing world.
Some experts have combined these studies to estimate the effect of the interventions - but combining a bunch of weak studies does not produce information that is better than the studies themselves.
The weak studies tend to dilute the stronger ones, masking real dangers.
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Just as a bad film can boost its audience with a famous actor, so can a scientifically weak study from a bigwig attract attention from big journals.
A survey is a relatively weak study design.
Just as a weak study design can sabotage one's publication options, so can weak statistical inference.
However, many promising interventions have not been evaluated properly or were tested using weak study designs.
Taken into account the weak study designs, no strong conclusions can be drawn.
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