Library:I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That
| I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That | |
|---|---|
| Author | Ben Goldacre |
| First published | 2014 |
| ISBN | — |
| Role | Analysis |
| Domains | Health & Medicine News Media & Journalism |
| Tactics | Statistical & Evidentiary Distortion Pseudoscience / Junk Science |
I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That is a 2014 book by Ben Goldacre.
Summary
Ben Goldacre, a British doctor and the author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, collects more than a decade of his columns and essays on the misuse of evidence by journalists, politicians, quacks and drug companies.
Key points
- Short cases. Each piece takes apart a specific claim, from newspaper health scares to government statistics.
- Statistics in the news. Goldacre shows how journalists misreport risk, sample sizes and study design.
- Evidence-based policy. He argues that governments should test policies with trials, as medicine tests treatments.
Relevance to Bullshitopedia
The book is a collection of worked examples in debunking, similar in spirit to Bullshitopedia's case files.