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SecondHandTofuyesterday at 11:48 PM4 repliesview on HN

22 behavioral measures looking for one that is <0.05?

Unless they pre-registered that prediction, isn't this just the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy?


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canjobeartoday at 1:07 AM

They did a Bonferroni correction to the p values, which is supposed to compensate for this kind of thing.

byronictoday at 12:53 AM

we asked seventy-four cats and you won't BELIEVE number eight

psunavy03today at 12:01 AM

p-hacking is a thing . . .

EnPissanttoday at 12:30 AM

Yep! It's green jelly beans cause acne almost exactly.