The idea that Most Published Research Findings Are False rocked the world of science when it was proposed in 2005. Since then, however, it's become widely accepted - at least with respect to many kinds of studies in biology, genetics, medicine and psychology.
Now, however, a new analysis from Jager and Leek says things are nowhere near as bad after all: only 14% of the medical literature is wrong, not half of it. Phew!
But is this conclusion... falsely positive?
