Concepedia

p-Hacking and False Discovery in A/B Testing

Ron Berman, Leonid Pekelis, Aisling Scott, Christophe Van den Bulte

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2018 · 28 citations · 43 references

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Concepts

Public HealthBiostatisticsA/b TestingCausal InferenceExperimental DesignBias ControlCausal DiscoveryCausal Effect EstimationExperimental EvaluationHypothesis TestingRegression Discontinuity DesignsCausal Effect IdentificationExpected Loss CostFalse Discovery RateFalse Discovery Rate EstimationOnline ExperimentsSignificance LevelStopping RulesTreatment Effect Discovery

References

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Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

John P. A. Ioannidis · PLoS Medicine · 2005 · 10.5K citations · Full text

Public Health, Psychology, Experimental Design +10

Statistical significance for genomewide studies

John D. Storey, Robert Tibshirani · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 10.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biostatistics, Genetics +13

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

Science · 2015 · 8.7K citations · Full text

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17

False-Positive Psychology

Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn · Psychological Science · 2011 · 6.7K citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +17

A Direct Approach to False Discovery Rates

John D. Storey · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 2002 · 5.8K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Experimental Design +10