P-Hacking: A Wake-Up Call for the Scientific Community.

A Thirumal RajShankargouda PatilSachin SarodeZiad Salameh

Published in: Science and engineering ethics (2017)

P-hacking or data dredging involves manipulation of the research data in order to obtain a statistically significant result. The reasons behind P-hacking and the consequences of the same are discussed in the present manuscript.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
healthcare
mental health
machine learning
data analysis
artificial intelligence