TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldacre,Ben
TI  - Bad science: quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks 
SN  - 9780865479180 (pbk.) :
AV  - Q172.5.E77 G65 2010
U1  - 500 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Faber and Faber
KW  - Errors, Scientific
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Pseudoscience
KW  - Science
KW  - Popular Works
KW  - Quackery
N1  - Originally published, in different form: London : Fourth Estate, 2008; Includes bibliographical references (p. [259-273) and index; Matter Brain gym The Progenium XY complex Homeopathy The Placebo Effect The nonsense du jour Nutritionists The doctor will sue you now Is mainstream medicine evil? Why clever people believe stupid things Bad stats The media's MMR hoax And another thing
N2  - While exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies, the author takes the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window in its quest to sell more copies. He also teaches you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample size, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it
ER  -