Question 1
Fisher highlighted a p value of <.05 as ‘statistically significant’ because:
- he derived it from Bayes theorem
- a specific value would make p-hacking obvious
- it represents the best trade off between practicality and precision
- it made for convenient calculations by hand
Question 2
Impact factor is a measure of:
- the likelihood that a discovery claim is true
- how many citations the average article in a journal receives
- the number of citations an author has receive
- how many news articles a discovery claim appears in
Question 3
In the context of this course, the point of hoax papers is to:
- test the quality of peer review of a publication
- discredit science
- trick people into believing falsehood
- increase an author’s citation count
Question 4
A utilitarian stance on ethics focuses on:
- the uselessness of ethics
- the virtues that make a person good
- the results of an action
- the intent behind an action
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Question 5
If we require that studies have a P value of less than .05, we should expect:
- jellybeans to cause acne
- only important studies will be published
- rampant fraud
- about 1 in 20 results to be purely chance
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