Ofcourse statistical techniques need checks and balances, hence peer reviewed academic papers, meta analysis, etc. statistics is a major tool for science these

Ofcourse statistical techniques need checks and balances, hence peer reviewed academic papers, meta analysis, etc. statistics is a major tool for science these days. science needs checks and balances otherwise it's a pretty idle effort. Without checks and balances, you could just imagine any theory and believe it's the truth because you want to.