E13: P-Hacking

Statistically Insignificant

Our second episode about p-values and their misuse in research. In this episode we explore the manipulation of data to produce statistically significant results, and the material conditions which would lead someone to do that.

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References:

Back, M. D. (2018). Continued quality, openness, and curiosity at the European Journal of Personality. European Journal of Personality, 32(1), 3-5.

Ioannidis, J. P. (2005). Why most published research findings are false. PLoS medicine, 2(8), e124.

Trafimow, D. & Marks, M. (2015) Editorial, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 37:1, 1-2, DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2015.1012991

The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/SWHOYqp_nPI

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