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Honest Hypothesis Testing

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This is a humorous parable indicating the pitfalls of producing and interpreting standard statistics, from the perspective of a hapless assistant professor who is mainly worried about publishing to prevent perishing.

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  • Stutzer, Michael, 2018. "Honest Hypothesis Testing," OSF Preprints 6bnmg, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:6bnmg
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/6bnmg
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