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- ↑ Gelman, Andrew; Loken, Eric (November 14, 2013). "The garden of forking paths: Why multiple comparisons can be a problem, even when there is no "fishing expedition" or "p-hacking" and the research hypothesis was posited ahead of time" (PDF).
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