AKA the multiple comparison problem, AKA the look elsewhere problem, AKA the green jelly bean problem [1]. Edit: they looked at 17 cancers and one effect was s

AKA the multiple comparison problem, AKA the look elsewhere problem, AKA the green jelly bean problem [1]. Edit: they looked at 17 cancers and one effect was significant. Is this exactly the jelly bean scenario? Edit: reading the paper now. There are overall results that are probably more interesting. [1] https://xkcd.com/882/ https://xkcd.com/882/