Re:“Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked”: John Ioannid...
by DoreenMichele on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:15AM
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what makes us think the meta studies are themselves valid?
A. This is one guy, basically. I mean, I agree with him, generally, but not everyone does.
B. It's easier to poke holes in someone else's thing than create a good study.
So study A: "I wonder how fat you have to be to not fit through this door. Let's weigh people (instead of measuring them) to see how fat you have to be not fit through the door."
Study B: "It's a great question, but it's badly done. Weighing them won't work. Let's just interview people and write down their self reported height!"
Meta analyst: "Y'all are both wrong and stupid, geez."
Scientists A and B: "Let's take the meta-analyst out back and beat him up!" "Sounds good to me!"
A. This is one guy, basically. I mean, I agree with him, generally, but not everyone does.
B. It's easier to poke holes in someone else's thing than create a good study.
So study A: "I wonder how fat you have to be to not fit through this door. Let's weigh people (instead of measuring them) to see how fat you have to be not fit through the door."
Study B: "It's a great question, but it's badly done. Weighing them won't work. Let's just interview people and write down their self reported height!"
Meta analyst: "Y'all are both wrong and stupid, geez."
Scientists A and B: "Let's take the meta-analyst out back and beat him up!" "Sounds good to me!"