John Anidis: As an economist, it's hard to get the nuts and bolts of good science right. He says financial incentives have changed so much over the last 50 years for academics. The question is how can you really realign them, he says. EconTalk will be back on Monday at 10am ET.
John Ioannidis of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on the reliability of published research findings. They discuss Ioannidis's recent study on bias in economics research, meta-analysis, the challenge of small sample analysis, and the reliability of statistical significance as a measure of success in empirical research.