For this assignment you will watch a 20-minute video (might want to be aware of who's in the vicinity while you're watching) and then respond to questions.

Watch the HBO video of John Oliver's show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw

Links to an external site. or copy and paste into your web browser. (Note - it is age-restricted due to his salty language and some of the suggestive content - just be aware)

For your submission, respond to all of the following:

1. What are the ways John Oliver says that scientists can tweak their studies?
2. What's P-Hacking?
3. What are replication studies?
4. Why are replication studies so important?
5. John Oliver really shows us why reading the original journal articles regarding research is so important. For the following studies Mr. Oliver talks about unreported flaws or weaknesses in the study that the media failed to mention. These shortcomings invalidated the results (or at least made the results questionable). Indicate what the flaws/weaknesses were for each of the following studies (Note: I am not asking for how the media misreported the results).
   1. The Chocolate study
   2. The Champagne study
   3. The Dehydration study
6. John Oliver shows a segment from the Today Show where it concludes with the statement, "Find the study that sounds the best to you and go with that." Why does Mr. Oliver say we should not do this?
7. John Oliver says there are two things media should give if they are going to insist on doing segments on "A Study Says..........." What are those two things?

Reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw