Evidence Soup

If you are
interested in learning about the varying ways that evidence-based perspectives
are used – and about what happens when people fail to follow sound logic and
data – I recommend Tracy Allison Altman’s Evidence Soup. I like how Altman unearths and dissects cool new studies from every corner – medicine,
education, agriculture, engineering, and management too. And I like how she
often rates the quality of evidence in the summarized studies and explains their
imperfections. After all, although
imperfect data are better than no data at all, and no study is perfect, and it
is important to understand limitations before using research to guide what your
organization or team does. Reading Altman’s
blog is like taking an ongoing course in how to make evidence-based decisions
and how to take – and evaluate – evidence based actions.