p-hacking
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3ADJ.
selective
VERB + P-HACKING
practices
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such
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The practice of reanalysis of data until a desired result is obtained which is statistically significant.
Cherry-picking promising findings, also known by such terms as data dredging, significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and “p-hacking,” leads to a spurious excess of statistically significant results in the published literature and should be vigorously avoided.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of p-hacking
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2Cherry-picking promising findings, also known by such terms as data dredging, significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and “p-hacking,” leads to a spurious excess of statistic
WiktionaryThere are many common problematic research practices such as p-hacking.
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