Blinding mitigates several sources of bias which, if left unchecked, can quantitively affect
study outcomes. Blinding remains under-utilized, particularly in non-pharmaceutical clinical …

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Once one abandons the ideal of value-free, impartial science, the question of how to
distinguish biased from legitimately value-laden science arises. To approach this “new …

Over the last decade, philosophers of science have extensively criticized the epistemic
superiority of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for testing safety and effectiveness of new …

Изучение научной экономической литературы показывает растущую сложность
взаимосвязей между предметными областями и отсутствие необходимой …

Background: This article examines the ethics of data self-reporting, in light of the extreme
challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic. In many countries the public was asked …

Randomized controlled trials test new drugs using various debiasing devices to prevent
participants from manipulating the trials. But participants often dislike controls, arguing that …

Until Recently, The citizen science approach to knowledge production had been confined to
scientific research, applied to a limited range of questions on which scientists and citizens …

Around 1900, hay fever was a contested illness, mostly unknown among physicians or
believed to be neurotic in nature. Motivated by a desire to gather and disseminate …

The past few years have witnessed several media-covered cases involving citizens actively
engaging in the pursuit of experimental treatments for their medical conditions—or those of …