Statistical hypothesis testing
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Data dredging
Journalist John Bohannon conducted a fraudulent chocolate weight loss study as a social experiment to demonstrate data dredging, which was widely reported in media outlets and believed by many people.
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| 2014 |
Data dredging
The term 'p-hacking' was coined in a paper by the researchers behind the Data Colada blog, highlighting the problem of manipulative data analysis techniques in social sciences research.
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