Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
For the Homework Assignment, watch the video entitled “Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science” and use Chapter 2 to identify and describe four of the problems that Ben Goldacre discusses in his TED Talk.
Although he is focusing on epidemiology research in his talk, his talk is equally as relevant for the field of psychology.
For each example that Ben Goldacre highlights, briefly describe the example, state the problem using the terminology in Chapter 2 of your textbook, and briefly explain why it is a problem (according to the textbook).
