Connecticut Post

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

(THE CONVERSATION) Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a ...
JSTOR Daily

Is absence of evidence of pain ever evidence of absence?

Absence of evidence arguments are indispensable to comparative neurobiology. The absence in a given species of a homologous neural architecture strongly correlated with a type of conscious experience ...
UPI

The Age of Autism: Absence of evidence

LEBANON, Pa., May 9 (UPI) -- After several weeks of looking, the prevalence of autism among the central Pennsylvania Amish still appears remarkably low, and the few cases I have found suggest an ...