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Re:Not Even Scientists Can Easily Explain P-values by cousin_it on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @11:32AM (#10627965)
Especially when publication bias comes into play: https://xkcd.com/882/
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Re:Not Even Scientists Can Easily Explain P-values by KingMob on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:16PM (#10628216)
Sadly true. On the one hand, the scientists ignored the multiple comparisons problem, and should have applied something like the Bonferroni or False Discovery Rate corrections. OTOH, they got publications and publicity for ignoring it.
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