Meaning of P-hacking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of p-hacking
   alt-of, uncountable
2. The practice of reanalysis of data until a desired result is obtained which is statistically significant.
   uncountable

Examples

“Cherry-picking promising findings, also known by such terms as data dredging, significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and “p-hacking,” leads to a spurious excess of statistically significant results in the published literature and should be vigorously avoided.”

CEFR level