Phacking - it’s like phishing, but you do it to yourself.
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Phacking - it’s like phishing, but you do it to yourself.
Explore five ways p-hacking can occur in research and strategies to uphold scientific integrity.
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P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you
Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Explore five ways p-hacking can occur in research and strategies to uphold scientific integrity.
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#DataAnalysis #PHacking #Research
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As mentioned in the abstract, this is a preregistered study: osf.io/9z5qn
#openscience #reproducibility #phacking #preregistration #harking #replicability
#openscience #reproducibility #phacking #preregistration #harking #replicability
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As mentioned in the abstract, this is a preregistered study: osf.io/9z5qn
#openscience #reproducibility #phacking #preregistration #harking #replicability
#openscience #reproducibility #phacking #preregistration #harking #replicability
I am so phacking mad rn I got spoiled for Neon Genesis Evangelion by a PHACKING ARTMS EDIT ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME IM
July 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I am so phacking mad rn I got spoiled for Neon Genesis Evangelion by a PHACKING ARTMS EDIT ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME IM
☂️To bring clarity, we introduced "QRP umbrella terms" that group conceptually related QRPs. For example, #Phacking 🪓consists of 13 specific QRPs, and #CherryPicking 🍒covers 7. This disaggregation helps pinpoint specific behaviors.
July 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
☂️To bring clarity, we introduced "QRP umbrella terms" that group conceptually related QRPs. For example, #Phacking 🪓consists of 13 specific QRPs, and #CherryPicking 🍒covers 7. This disaggregation helps pinpoint specific behaviors.
P-hacking: subtle practices that can distort research findings. Nature discusses five ways this can occur and how to prevent it. A must-read for data analysts and researchers.
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#PHacking #DataScience #ResearchEthics #Reproducibility
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P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you
Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.
buff.ly
June 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
P-hacking: subtle practices that can distort research findings. Nature discusses five ways this can occur and how to prevent it. A must-read for data analysts and researchers.
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#PHacking #DataScience #ResearchEthics #Reproducibility
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#PHacking #DataScience #ResearchEthics #Reproducibility
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Check out the preprint for the full results (also combinations of p-hacking strategies) and the accompanying Shiny app, where you can check out your favorite p-hacking combinations ;)
emaassen.shinyapps.io/phacking/
emaassen.shinyapps.io/phacking/
<div style="font-size:20px; margin-bottom:5px;">Estimating Effect Size and Heterogeneity in Meta-Analysis in the Presence of Publication Bias and p-hacking</div>
emaassen.shinyapps.io
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Check out the preprint for the full results (also combinations of p-hacking strategies) and the accompanying Shiny app, where you can check out your favorite p-hacking combinations ;)
emaassen.shinyapps.io/phacking/
emaassen.shinyapps.io/phacking/
#statstab #358 What are some of the problems with stepwise regression?
Thoughts: Model selection is not an easy task, but maybe don't naively try step wise reg.
#stepwise #regression #QRPs #issues #phacking #modelselection #bias
www.stata.com/support/faqs...
Thoughts: Model selection is not an easy task, but maybe don't naively try step wise reg.
#stepwise #regression #QRPs #issues #phacking #modelselection #bias
www.stata.com/support/faqs...
Stata | FAQ: Problems with stepwise regression
What are some of the problems with stepwise regression?
www.stata.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#statstab #358 What are some of the problems with stepwise regression?
Thoughts: Model selection is not an easy task, but maybe don't naively try step wise reg.
#stepwise #regression #QRPs #issues #phacking #modelselection #bias
www.stata.com/support/faqs...
Thoughts: Model selection is not an easy task, but maybe don't naively try step wise reg.
#stepwise #regression #QRPs #issues #phacking #modelselection #bias
www.stata.com/support/faqs...
"Most researchers don’t set out to cheat, but they could unknowingly make choices that push them towards a significant result. Here are five ways P hacking can slip into your research."
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#PHacking #PValue #ScientificRigor
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#PHacking #PValue #ScientificRigor
P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you
Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.
buff.ly
May 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Most researchers don’t set out to cheat, but they could unknowingly make choices that push them towards a significant result. Here are five ways P hacking can slip into your research."
buff.ly/ArtMGCu
#PHacking #PValue #ScientificRigor
buff.ly/ArtMGCu
#PHacking #PValue #ScientificRigor
the p in jamie p stands for phacking nintendo
May 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
the p in jamie p stands for phacking nintendo
I'd love to see more systematic evidence! FWIW, I've been in the room many times when audience members recommended some weird fishing/phacking trick, and the author said "I wish I could but we didn't preregister that." That's obv weak, unsystematic evidence, so the prior is still doing work for me
May 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I'd love to see more systematic evidence! FWIW, I've been in the room many times when audience members recommended some weird fishing/phacking trick, and the author said "I wish I could but we didn't preregister that." That's obv weak, unsystematic evidence, so the prior is still doing work for me
# phacking # LLM performance: "The researchers found that big players like Meta, Google, OpenAI, and Amazon are given special privileges to privately test multiple versions of their models and only publish the best results. This hidden practice allows ...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Most researchers don’t set out to cheat, but they could unknowingly make choices that push them towards a significant result. Here are five ways p-hacking can slip into your research. By Ben Tsang @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #phacking #stats
P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you
Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Most researchers don’t set out to cheat, but they could unknowingly make choices that push them towards a significant result. Here are five ways p-hacking can slip into your research. By Ben Tsang @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #phacking #stats
Phacking for the next Pope
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May 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Phacking for the next Pope
#statstab #330 Encourage Playing with Data and Discourage Questionable Reporting Practices
Thoughts: What are and aren't "Questionable Research Practices"? Where is the "grey area"? Interesting opinion piece.
#QRPs #exploratory #EDA #posthoc #phacking
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thoughts: What are and aren't "Questionable Research Practices"? Where is the "grey area"? Interesting opinion piece.
#QRPs #exploratory #EDA #posthoc #phacking
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Encourage Playing with Data and Discourage Questionable Reporting Practices - Psychometrika
Psychometrika -
link.springer.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#statstab #330 Encourage Playing with Data and Discourage Questionable Reporting Practices
Thoughts: What are and aren't "Questionable Research Practices"? Where is the "grey area"? Interesting opinion piece.
#QRPs #exploratory #EDA #posthoc #phacking
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thoughts: What are and aren't "Questionable Research Practices"? Where is the "grey area"? Interesting opinion piece.
#QRPs #exploratory #EDA #posthoc #phacking
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thinking about the scientific sin of p-hacking, it's tempting to wonder if astrologers were the original p-hackers: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/04/were... #astrology #phacking #dubiouspractice
Were astrologers the original p-hackers?
Science writers rarely mention astrology, other than to moan when someone accidentally uses the word instead of astronomy. There is, of cour...
brianclegg.blogspot.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thinking about the scientific sin of p-hacking, it's tempting to wonder if astrologers were the original p-hackers: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/04/were... #astrology #phacking #dubiouspractice
After seeing FiveThirtyEights implementation of this idea (thank you @andrew.heiss.phd for sharing), I've been working on a medicine themed p-hacking simulator called Placebo playground: medicines.charlwood.xyz#phacking
#pharmsky #healtheconomics #medsky #pharmacy
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#pharmsky #healtheconomics #medsky #pharmacy
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April 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
After seeing FiveThirtyEights implementation of this idea (thank you @andrew.heiss.phd for sharing), I've been working on a medicine themed p-hacking simulator called Placebo playground: medicines.charlwood.xyz#phacking
#pharmsky #healtheconomics #medsky #pharmacy
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#pharmsky #healtheconomics #medsky #pharmacy
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🎉 Week 2 of the #MemeChallenge complete!
📚 Topic(s): Sampling Theory & Research Ethics
🧠 32 creative submissions
🧑⚖️ Judged by an international jury of 8
🏆 5 winners — that’s a competitive 16% win-ratio
Once again, I’m impressed – show that learning & laughing can go hand in hand.
📚 Topic(s): Sampling Theory & Research Ethics
🧠 32 creative submissions
🧑⚖️ Judged by an international jury of 8
🏆 5 winners — that’s a competitive 16% win-ratio
Once again, I’m impressed – show that learning & laughing can go hand in hand.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🎉 Week 2 of the #MemeChallenge complete!
📚 Topic(s): Sampling Theory & Research Ethics
🧠 32 creative submissions
🧑⚖️ Judged by an international jury of 8
🏆 5 winners — that’s a competitive 16% win-ratio
Once again, I’m impressed – show that learning & laughing can go hand in hand.
📚 Topic(s): Sampling Theory & Research Ethics
🧠 32 creative submissions
🧑⚖️ Judged by an international jury of 8
🏆 5 winners — that’s a competitive 16% win-ratio
Once again, I’m impressed – show that learning & laughing can go hand in hand.
Ok fine. Phacking \in overfitting
January 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Ok fine. Phacking \in overfitting
I mean, they have a hypothesis (something/ someone is fraud), how do they test that hypothesis, it should obviously be transparent and laid out beforehand to avoid bias/ phacking.
What analyses are they using, how many images do they look at, what analyses are run on those images, etc.
What analyses are they using, how many images do they look at, what analyses are run on those images, etc.
January 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I mean, they have a hypothesis (something/ someone is fraud), how do they test that hypothesis, it should obviously be transparent and laid out beforehand to avoid bias/ phacking.
What analyses are they using, how many images do they look at, what analyses are run on those images, etc.
What analyses are they using, how many images do they look at, what analyses are run on those images, etc.
The crisis of science from ChatGPT's perspective. #openscience #replication #metascience #academicpublishing #publishorperish #phacking #HARKing
November 26, 2024 at 10:44 AM
The crisis of science from ChatGPT's perspective. #openscience #replication #metascience #academicpublishing #publishorperish #phacking #HARKing