What is 'P-Hacking'?

What is 'P-Hacking'?

Approach: Describe the misuse of data analysis to find significant results.

The practice of manipulating data or statistical analyses until non-significant results become significant. It leads to a high rate of false positives in scientific literature.

Follow-up: How does the Bonferroni correction help?

Key concepts: data dredging, false positives, p-value.