The Statistical Art Of Weekend Liberation

Statistics P-hacking Data Methodology Weekend Publish Variables

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The Statistical Art Of Weekend Liberation

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The dark art of p-hacking just got an upgrade! This researcher is basically saying "let's manipulate our statistical model until we get the result we want so we don't have to publish and can enjoy our weekend." It's the scientific equivalent of homework avoidance.

What makes this extra hilarious is that it's literally the opposite of proper research methodology - instead of following where the data leads, they're forcing the data to give them a free weekend. The caption "reverse p-hacking" is perfect because traditional p-hacking manipulates data to get publishable results, while this genius is manipulating it specifically to avoid publication!

Statisticians everywhere are simultaneously laughing and crying right now.

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