P-Hacking: A Wake-Up Call for the Scientific Community

Science and Engineering Ethics 24 (6):1813-1814 (2018)
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Abstract

P-hacking or data dredging involves manipulation of the research data in order to obtain a statistically significant result. The reasons behind P-hacking and the consequences of the same are discussed in the present manuscript.

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S. M. Patil
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Antony Raj
Universität Trier

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