• reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Yeah that would be bad practice, industry standard is to run all the tests simultaneously and if something comes out statistically significant make up a narrative then try to split it into 4 papers.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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      Tell that to the reviewers who constantly ask my wife why she didn’t do linear regression in her analysis. She rages against linear regression constantly. But some people swear by it, which i think is weird.