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The blog post basically encouraged students to engage in p-hacking (take data from failed studies and find something interesting in it!), which caused other res
by norgie 9y ago
The blog post basically encouraged students to engage in p-hacking (take data from failed studies and find something interesting in it!), which caused other researchers to critically review the methodology and statistics in those papers and then all of his other papers
- randycupertino 9y agoI remember hearing about this guy when he got into his initial twitter war when the other researchers called out his shoddy methods. Who knew there was so much drama around food science! I guess when it's such a niche field there isn't much scrutiny for the subject matter experts.
- mercer 9y agoSadly indications are strong that this is not just a problem in a niche field. As I understand it, the problem is not even just limited to the social sciences (although it might be a bigger problem there).