Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil...
by slingnow on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:52PM
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You make it sound so straightforward and simple.
> and then you do the experiments and see if the idea works or not
The problem is "if the idea works or not" can be very fuzzy. With a little p-hacking, anything can work! If nothing in your original data/experiment supports your hypothesis, you can just cherry pick some part of it that gives "significant" results.
> and then you do the experiments and see if the idea works or not
The problem is "if the idea works or not" can be very fuzzy. With a little p-hacking, anything can work! If nothing in your original data/experiment supports your hypothesis, you can just cherry pick some part of it that gives "significant" results.