Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2017, 161(1):54-57 | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2017.005

A patient called Medical Research

Tomas Fursta, Jan Strojilb
a Department of Mathematical Analysis and Applications of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
b Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic

We report the case of a patient called Medical Research who presents with multiple life threatening symptoms, including a plethora of false positive results. This paper describes the course of the disease, discusses possible etiologies and offers options for future management to ensure the survival of the patient and that of our civilization.

Keywords: reproducibility crisis, perverse incentives, P value, publication bias, frequentist, Bayesian

Received: January 26, 2017; Accepted: February 23, 2017; Prepublished online: March 14, 2017; Published: March 27, 2017  Show citation

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Furst, T., & Strojil, J. (2017). A patient called Medical Research. Biomedical papers, 161(1), 54-57. doi: 10.5507/bp.2017.005
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