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Honors 308 Fake News: Fake Science Resources
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Honors 308 Fake News: Fake Science Resources: What could possibly go wrong?
The scientific method
What could possibly go wrong?
Publications masquerading as scientific / peer reviewed
Beall's List of Predatory Journals
Example of a journal: International Scholars Journals
Example of an article in Intl. Scholars Journals
Example of a carefully peer-reviewed article
Science that is done dishonestly or poorly
Abstract: Wakefield's article on vaccines and autism (1998)
Full text: Wakefield's article on vaccines and autism (1998)
Statement by the editors of The Lancet (2004)
Retraction by The Lancet (2010)
Article on "Sensation, refutation, retraction, and fraud" (2011)
Public misunderstanding of science
People magazine article
Age of Autism website
Vaccine Resistance Movement website
Thinktwice Global Vaccine Institute Facebook page
Useful resources
Real News about Fake Science (from Psychology Today)
Scholarly vs. Popular Articles (from UM BIO 101 Guide)
Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims (from Nature)
Stupid Journal Tricks (from Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers)
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