Peer 1
I must remember to use Google more often...So yes, several people seem to agree that there were multiple comparisons that may not have been corrected for...
I must remember to use Google more often...So yes, several people seem to agree that there were multiple comparisons that may not have been corrected for...
A few choice quotes from the authors' response:"The idea leading to the discovery of the correlation emerged after sampling was closed and the first statistical analyses (with rather negative results…
Two blog posts I found also review the statistical procedures and come to similar questions as Peer 1 above, with respect to possible p-Hacking:"SkeptVet" writes:"The dividing up of the observations…
This paper has been awarded a 2014 Ig-Nobel-Prize. Ig-Nobel-worthy papers should be funny and thought provoking ("first laugh, then think")...
I think all claims like this one (and indeed many others in the magnetic guidance field) do need to be examined critically, because none comes with even a partially plausible mechanism, let alone one…