[lq9AJ8yrfs]

I saw examples of both your and GP's experiences in my experience at a big4.

Unfortunately none I saw (sample size: a handful in detail and perhaps dozens to a skim) followed even basic statistical practices I had learned in undergraduate studies at a well-respected university.

There were clues that at least some of the parties involved knew better, but the imperative to publish completely overwhelmed any instinct for academic rigor.

It was dressed up as "eminence", which came after sold work and delivered work (in order) in annual reviews. Statistical rigor would probably help eminence, but there were faster paths to eminence.

[Agingcoder]

Comparing 74 and 75 with no confidence interval and claiming one was bigger than the other was rather bold I thought.