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P-Hacking: A Wake-Up Call for the Scientific Community

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P-hacking or data dredging involves manipulation of the research data in order to obtain a statistically significant result. The reasons behind P-hacking and the consequences of the same are discussed in the present manuscript.

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  1. Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai, 600130, India

    A. Thirumal Raj

  2. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

    Shankargouda Patil

  3. Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, India

    Sachin Sarode

  4. Department of Research, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

    Ziad Salameh

  5. Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Ziad Salameh

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Raj, A.T., Patil, S., Sarode, S. et al. P-Hacking: A Wake-Up Call for the Scientific Community. Sci Eng Ethics 24, 1813–1814 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9984-1

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