Is Most Published Research Wrong?

Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.
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Resources used in the making of this video:

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False:
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Trouble at the Lab:
http://www.economist.com/news/briefin...

Science isn't broken:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/s...

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