Has anyone else noticed a trend for researchers to 'publish' their research as non peer-reviewed 'reports' on their institutional websites?
Sometimes they're accompanied by press-releases and get reported in the news - like this report 'published by UCL'
www.nuffieldfoundation.org/wp-content/u...
Peter Tennant
Headline: "Smacking children could lead to lower GCSE grades"
Text: "The study was observational... (and) could not prove a direct link between smacking and the (GCSE) results"
#SchrödingersInference
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...