Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

Moklesur Rahman
2 min readJan 29, 2023

There is growing concern that the majority of research findings that have been published are inaccurate. The chance that a research statement is accurate might be influenced by factors such as the study’s strength and potential for bias, the number of previous studies conducted on the same topic, and, importantly, the proportion of actual relationships versus non-existent relationships within a particular field of science. In this story, I am going to share possible reasons why most published research findings are false.

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Moklesur Rahman

PhD student | Computer Science | University of Milan | Data science | AI in Cardiology | Writer | Researcher