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[–] derram ago 

https://archive.is/SWTIH | :

A New Paper Just Took a Huge Shot at Some of the World's Hottest Investments - Bloomberg

'The authors said that identifying market anomalies is a “prime target for p-hacking,” which, generally speaking, refers to shaping data to fit a preset conclusion. '

'The study concludes that researchers looking at anomalies should more closely connect their empirical work to existing economic theory. '

' Without such a publication bias, authors would most likely have fewer incentives to engage in p-hacking.”'

'Just about every week, some researcher reports finding another statistical quirk in the equity market that might be harvested for a trading edge. '

'The study, “Replicating Anomalies” by Kewei Hou, Chen Xue and Lu Zhang, attributed the findings to a statistical sleight of hand known as p-hacking. '

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