A BBC news headline caught my attention today "Sex drive link to prostate cancer". It's so scary that I clicked into the article in short order. My immediate reaction to this piece, after viewing it through, was outrageous. What a "scientific" research you have done!
First, talk about the sample. They research only elicited 400 men as research subjects, a minute number indeed that you could ignored and easily doubted. And the research method was also questionable - through questionnaire - which has been proven to be an inaccurate data collecting method.
One guy put a damper on the research by saying: "The study is retrospective, and asks men to complete a questionnaire about their sexual history. However, in relying on men to recall information from 20 or 30 years previously, it is likely that there will be some inaccuracy in the data collected as men either consciously or unconsciously forget some detail which could compromise their findings. "
Editors, please don't write killer headlines. And Scientist, please do something meaningful. Thanks!
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