Martini

Question 1

MEDICAL GUIDELINES

Answer 1

Help doctors understand the best ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease and conditions

Question 2

BAYESAN PROBABILITY

Answer 2

Probability is a belief that something is true given certain amount of evidence.
We have
- priors ( initial credence that something is true)
- posteriors

Question 3

DAVID SACKETT- EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE

Answer 3

Doctors personal judgment is important, but it cannot be the only source of practical medical knowledge

Question 3

DAVID SACKETT- EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE

Answer 3

Doctors personal judgment is important, but it cannot be the only source of practical medical knowledge

Question 4

SCIENTIFIC REASONING

Answer 4

• Deduction: The truth of the statement is not verified
• Induction: it’s good for analysis of general thoughts
• Scientific confirmation ( scientific generation and hypothesis confirmation)

Question 5

CONTEXT OF DISCOVERY

Answer 5

The context in which someone formulates a hypothesis

Question 6

CONTEXT OF JUSTIFICATION

Answer 6

The later or final phase of research when evidence is applied to and compared with a hypothesis

Question 7

HEMPEL- HYPOTHETICAL DEDUCTIVE MODEL

Answer 7

General hypotheses in science are intended not only to learn but also predict

Question 8

POPPER- PROBLEM OF CONFIRMATION

Answer 8

Science doesn’t try to confirm hypotheses and it shouldn’t

Question 9

CONFIRMATION BIAS

Answer 9

We have a belief and when looking for evidence we focus on the evidence that makes our hypotheses true

Question 9

CONFIRMATION BIAS

Answer 9

We have a belief and when looking for evidence we focus on the evidence that makes our hypotheses true

Question 10

CORROBORATION

Answer 10

We never really accept a hypotheses as true, we accept it as not false yet

Question 11

3 RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS METHODS

Answer 11

1. Method of agreement ( the element you want to observe is fixed)
2. Method of difference ( everything is fixed except for the element you want to observe)
3. Method of agreement and difference ( combination)

Question 12

THE BASE RATE FALLACY

Answer 12

If in a situation are presented base rate information and specific information, people tend to ignore the base rate in favour of the specific information, rather than correctly integrating the two

Question 13

8 ELEMENTS TO PROVE THAT SOMETHING IS PSEUDO SCIENTIFIC

Answer 13

1. Author
2. Pertinence
3. Proportionality
4. Unbiasedness
5. Content knowledge
6. Meta- knowledge
7. Consistency
8. Discrimination ability

Question 14

LATERAL READING

Answer 14

Looking for the same or similar kind of information in different texts

Question 15

NUDGE

Answer 15

Tool that forces you open the link, read it and then share it.
It’s an attempt to reduce disinformation

Question 16

3 TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND IF AN INFORMATION IS GOOD\BAD

Answer 16

1. Online reasoning
2. Check other sources
3. Don’t stop at the first result

Question 17

INCENTIVES

Answer 17

Any intervention that prompts you to act in a certain way

• monetary
• psychological ( manipulation of your psychological state)