De Barra, Mícheál2019-02-102019-02-102017-03De Barra, M 2017, 'Reporting Bias Inflates the Reputation of Medical Treatments : A Comparison of Outcomes in Clinical Trials and Online Product Reviews ', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 177, pp. 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.0330277-9536http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11893This research was supported in part by the Prof Roy Weir Career Development Fellowship. Kimmo Eriksson and Pontus Strimling encouraged me develop the ideas in this manuscript. Turu Stadler advised on some of the statistical analyses and Marie Johnston made many useful suggestions.8961324enghealth informaticseHealthmedical overuseword of mouthcultural evolutionR MedicineRJournal article10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.033177