…from Zoe A very valuable ‘source’ forwarded this through to me and I thought it was a nice little clip that was worth sharing. The clip is called “Dance of the p value” and it nicely summarises some of the issues associated with solely relying on the p value to interpret data. The question [...]

By Leo and Luciola Hi ICECReamers! Gosh we were missing this! Happy new year to everyone! I hope you all had a great time! Leo is a sports enthusiast (this does not actually mean that he is a good athlete anyway) and in 6 months time we will have the 2012 London Olympic Games, which [...]

This post was written by one of the readers of theicecream.org! Luiz has just finished his masters degree on running-related injuries and he is now a research fellow from the São Paulo Running Injury Group, a Brazilian research group full of smart guys! You can read Luiz’s bio here: http://sprunig.net/en/researchers/luiz-carlos-hespanhol-junior/ Running shoes: is it a [...]

…from Steve I (well Leo actually) came across an interesting study published just this year in the rather magnificently titled World Journal of Surgery (kind of puts every other journal of surgery in its place doesn’t it?). The study that looks at whether phases of the moon, zodiac signs and Friday the 13th have any [...]

The second part of Chris’ post. Just the thing to start discussions over Friday lunch. Remember Bec’s tips though, forget about it before you head to the bar tonight! Always the afterthought, another consequence of producing large quantities of research is regarding dollars (or € or £). Conducting a clinical trial is expensive and is [...]