E13: P-Hacking
Statistically Insignificant by Tess O'Brien
S1 · E13
Feb 24, 2022
35:26
Episode notes

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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