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0 pointslomnakkus11y ago0 comments

The OP alluded to p-values, and I think this may be relevant:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OL1RqHrZQ8

(In short: p-values are pretty much useless as an indicator of "this experiment can be reproduced".)

Not that this necessarily refutes the original article, I just thought it might be relevant to discussion.

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If you look in the methods, the experiment has been successfully reproduced twice after the initial trial with distinct cohorts of students.

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0 pointslomnakkus11y ago0 comments

The OP alluded to p-values, and I think this may be relevant:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OL1RqHrZQ8

(In short: p-values are pretty much useless as an indicator of "this experiment can be reproduced".)

Not that this necessarily refutes the original article, I just thought it might be relevant to discussion.

If you look in the methods, the experiment has been successfully reproduced twice after the initial trial with distinct cohorts of students.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse