Episode 1.6: Evidence

About this episode

The episode discusses how to differentiate between good and bad evidence in the context of social media.

In today’s social media environment, it’s hard to know how to separate good evidence from bad evidence. How do we keep from being deceived by arguments that sound good and we want to believe? Is there a reasonable and objective way to tell the difference between good and bad evidence? Observational vs. experimental studies https://www.iwh.on.ca/what-researchers-mean-by/observational-vs-experimental-studies Pyramid of evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence — Thanks to Gabriel O’Terry for editing and Rebecca Mardal for the intro/outro music.

People in this episode

Host: bryan_smucker

Topics covered

• evidence
• social media
• deception
• research methods
• observational studies
• experimental studies

Keywords

• evidence
• social media
• deception
• research methods
• observational studies
• experimental studies
• pyramid of evidence

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