{"product_id":"book-ee86","title":"When Can You Trust the Experts?","description":" Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of  new education software, games, workbooks, and professional  development programs purporting to be based on the latest  research. While some of these products are indeed based on  solid science, the truth is that the research underlying many  others is grossly exaggerated. How can everyday teachers,  administrators, and family memberswho dont have years  of statistics courses under their beltsseparate the wheat  from the chaff and determine which new piece of research is worth  adopting? When Can You Trust the Experts? solves this  knowledge gap for educators and parents by stressing clear, easy  principles that differentiate reliable research from junk science.      ** CONTENTS **  Introduction: What Are You To Believe?  PART ONE: WHY WE SO EASILY BELIEVE BAD SCIENCE  1          Why  Smart People Believe Dumb Things  2          Science and  Belief: A Nervous Romance  3          What  Scientists Call Good Science  4          How to Use  Science  PART TWO: THE SHORT CUT SOLUTION: FOUR STEPS TO EVALUATING  NEW SCIENCE  5          Step One:  Strip It and Flip It  6          Step Two:  Trace It  7          Step Three:  Analyze It  8          Step Four:  Should I Do It?  ","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49428325630256,"sku":"BDee86","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49428325663024,"sku":"ZEee86","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49428325728560,"sku":"ZMee86","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ee86-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779266707","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ee86","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}