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 correction compares this quantity to another quantity 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 (*) “hack” this quantity. A “false positive ”occurs when this quantity is both below (-5[1])an alpha level and H-naught is incorrectly rejected. (10[1])For 10 points, significance testing attempts to find what statistical value representing the probability of obtaining a result if the null hypothesis is true? ■END■ (10[1]0[4])

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