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

A. Thirumal Raj; Shankargouda Patil; Sachin Sarode; Ziad Salameh

doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9984-1

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

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

A. Thirumal Raj, Shankargouda Patil, Sachin Sarode and Ziad Salameh

Science and engineering ethics, Vol.24(6), pp.1813-1814

01/12/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9984-1

PMID: 29071570

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Ethics

History & Philosophy Of Science

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Science & Technology

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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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Title: P-Hacking: A Wake-Up Call for the Scientific Community
Creators - without role: A. Thirumal Raj - SRI
Shankargouda Patil - Jazan University
Sachin Sarode - Dr D Y Patil Dental College & Hospital
Ziad Salameh - University of Pittsburgh
Publication Details: Science and engineering ethics, Vol.24(6), pp.1813-1814
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 2
Identifiers: 9917431508331
Academic Unit: Jazan University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article