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Statistics in Data Science - Interview Questions
What are cherry-picking, P-hacking, and significance chasing?
* Cherry-picking is the act of exclusively taking the bits of information that support a particular conclusion and ignoring all the bits of information that contradict it.

* P-hacking, also known as data collection or analysis manipulation, is a technique that produces significant patterns even though they have no underlying effect.

* Reporting insignificant results as if they are almost significant, is known as Significance Chasing. Data Dredging, Data Fishing, and Data Snooping are all names for this behaviour.
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