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p-hacking en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of p-value + hacking, from "p" for probability. Coined by researchers Uri Simonsohn, Leif D. Nelson, and Joseph P. Simmons, in 2014.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The practice of reanalysis of data until a desired result is obtained which is statistically significant.
   • Cherry-picking promising findings, also known by such terms as data dredging, significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and “p-hacking,” leads to a spurious excess of statistically significant results in the published literature and should be vigorously avoided. [2016, Ronald L. Wasserstein, Nicole A. Lazar, “The ASA Statement on p-Values: Context, Process, and Purpose”, in The American Statistician, volume 70, number 2, →DOI:

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Relateds

probability · p · p-value · hacking

Synonyms

data dredging · data snooping

p-hacking en · VERB

Etymology

Blend of p-value + hacking, from "p" for probability. Coined by researchers Uri Simonsohn, Leif D. Nelson, and Joseph P. Simmons, in 2014.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of p-hack
   form of p-hack

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