English Explanatory Dictionary

p-hacking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of reanalysis of data until a desired result is obtained which is statistically significant.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of p-hack
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of p-hacking

Word forms

p-hacking

Etymology

Blend of p-value + hacking, from "p" for probability. Coined by researchers Uri Simonsohn, Leif D. Nelson, and Joseph P. Simmons, in 2014.

Synonyms

data dredging data snooping

Related words

hacking p probability p-value
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