The Science of Getting It Wrong: How to Deal with False Research Findings: Scientific American

The Science of Getting It Wrong: How to Deal with False Research Findings: Scientific American:

"Talk about making waves. Two years ago medical researcher John Ioannidis of the University of Ioannina in Greece offered mathematical 'proof' that most published research results are wrong. Now, statisticians using similar methods found—not surprisingly—that the more researchers reproduce a finding, the better chance it has of being true.

Another research team says researchers have to draw conclusions from imperfect information, but offers a way to draw the line between justified and unjustified risks."