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Comment by NyxWulf

For me the take away is that non-trivial independent replication of results still stands as the gold standard for experimentation. P-hacking shows up clearly when the experiment is replicated. P-values in my experience are only a starting point for further experiments.

Take the cold-fusion debacle. When independent groups attempted to replicate the results they were unable to do so.

Of course the other big take away is that people really don't understand statistics at a basic level, even the "scientific reporters".

parent NyxWulf 11 years ago

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