A patient called Medical Research.
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.
Department of Mathematical Analysis and Applications of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Tomas
T
Furst
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jan
J
Strojil
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic
Bayesian; P value; frequentist; perverse incentives; publication bias; reproducibility crisis