[HN Gopher] P-hacked hypotheses are deceivingly robust (2016) ___________________________________________________________________ P-hacked hypotheses are deceivingly robust (2016) Author : soundsop Score : 5 points Date : 2020-02-21 14:39 UTC (8 hours ago) (HTM) web link (datacolada.org) (TXT) w3m dump (datacolada.org) | eganist wrote: | The words "deceivingly" and "deceptively" have the same problem: | there's a roughly 50/50 split in polar-opposite interpretations. | | In this case, does "deceivingly robust" mean they look robust but | are fragile? or does it instead mean they look fragile but are | robust? I'm now reading the article to find out; will edit once I | know. | | This isn't a criticism of you, soundsop. Rather, it's intended to | keep pointing at how difficult it can be to concisely deliver a | message. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-02-21 23:00 UTC)