Ah yes, the good old "we tried chopping up the data many ways to find a specific three-way-interaction we had in mind". You love to see it in 2023.

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Sorry, I'm not following. What am I missing?
The obvious "we wanted to find the IA, it wasn't there, so we tossed and turned the data again and again" aside, they do eventually conclude _no_ interaction and instead admit to the overall effect.

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@GeorgKrammer @lakens @shuhbillskee if that's their modus operandi, how much do you trust the couple of other interactions they report in the same blog post?

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Oh ok, just a #blog ...

#NoSource in original post :( only a pic of someone writing they tried finding something and eventually giving up. Could've even been purely #explorative
Who knows?

#Trust something on the #internet ? Oh come now... ofc DON'T! 😁
That's not new in 2023.

And always remember our good friend #xkcd
xkcd.com/386/

@GeorgKrammer @rubenarslan @lakens I can assure you these specific authors have a long history of not innocently exploring data in popular and academic writing. If you're curious about the specific I'd start with:
doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-050

Have a nice day. 🙂

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