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Statistics & Communication Frick-Frackery

  1. Science Literacy Lesson #1 - absence of evidence
  2. Science Literacy Lesson #2 - Hierarchy of Evidence
  3. Science Literacy Lesson #3 - Control Groups
  4. Science Literacy Lesson #4 - Null Hypothesis & Significant Difference
  5. Science Literacy Lesson #5 - Placebos & blinding

I hope you’ve enjoyed, and understood, the basic science literacy lessons above. May the knowledge serve you well in understanding the often poorly-communicated science relevant to our lives and help you pick apart why some claims sound… suss.

Because as the saying goes, “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with bull….”

So with that in mind, let’s look at some mis-communicating gems, deliberate or otherwise, off the internet.

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