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SecondHandTofu
201 days ago
22 behavioral measures looking for one that is <0.05?
Unless they pre-registered that prediction, isn't this just the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy?
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canjobear
201 days ago
They did a Bonferroni correction to the p values, which is supposed to compensate for this kind of thing.
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byronic
201 days ago
we asked seventy-four cats and you won't BELIEVE number eight
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psunavy03
201 days ago
p-hacking is a thing . . .
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EnPissant
201 days ago
Yep! It's green jelly beans cause acne almost exactly.
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