The method that can "prove" almost anything - James A. Smith
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In 2011, a group of researchers conducted a study designed to find an impossible result. Their study involved real people, truthfully reported data, and commonplace statistical analyses. So how did they do it? The answer lies in a statistical method scientists often use to try to figure out whether their results mean something, or if they’re random noise. James A. Smith explores p-hacking.
In the experiment that showed listening to certain songs can make you younger, what did the researchers do that made the results unreliable? Why is it normally harder to know if those things have been done?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator James A. Smith
- Director Anton Bogaty
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Music Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer Amanda P.H. Bennett
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Fact-Checker Jennifer Nam
