Round 2: Tossup 19

Note to moderator: “phycologist” is not a typo. One method for meta-analysis sums negative two times the natural log of these quantities to create one value. The Bonferroni (-5[1])correction (15[1])compares this quantity to another quantity (15[1])divided by the number of tests. This quantity was proposed in an experiment where a phycologist tasted different tea preparations. A recent “replication crisis” has emerged due to widespread attempts to (15[2])(*) “hack” (10[1])this quantity. (10[1])A “false positive ”occurs when this quantity is both below an alpha level and H-naught is incorrectly (10[1])rejected. For 10 points, significance testing attempts to find what statistical value representing the probability of obtaining a result if the null hypothesis is true? (10[1])■END■

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