More dodgy statistics
Jul
27
2010
Back in April, I wrote that perhaps I should start a “dodgy statistic of the month competition”. OK, May and June have been and gone with no more nominations, so I’ll make up for it by nominating 3 for July.
The first nomination goes to Vince Cable. This surprises me, as he is one of the [...]
Plagiarism hurts
Jul
22
2010
First of all, for blindingly obvious reasons, I should acknowledge that the title of this blog post is not original. “Plagiarism hurts” was the title of an article in EMWA’s journal The Write Stuff by Elise Langdon-Neuner, its editor-in-chief (page 13 of this issue, 1.6 MB pdf). I’m sure that Elise won’t mind me re-using [...]
UK Biobank part 4
Jul
20
2010
For anyone who hasn’t yet read the first 3 parts of this story, they are here, here, and here. Just to recap, my main concern is that the NHS disclosed my confidential data (and the data of about 5 million other people) to the UK Biobank team without my consent.
OK, now we’re all up to [...]
Internships available
Jul
16
2010
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New Lancet policy on systematic reviews
Jul
16
2010
The Lancet have recently introduced an interesting new policy. They now require anyone submitting the results of research (not just randomised trials, apparently, but all research) to The Lancet to include a systematic review with their research. This can be a reference to a recently published systematic review, but if no such review exists, then [...]
