A Trainee Data Analyst for a Large Hospital, Which Has

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Multiple Choice

A trainee data analyst for a large hospital, which has higher than average patient mortality rates, has just completed an examination of key factors that may be influencing these high mortality rates. However, he finds only one statistically significant factor, which he includes in his report but deliberately, omits the other six non-significant findings. What is the term for what the data analyst has done?

• A) HARKing
• B) Meta-analysis
• C) p-hacking
• D) Bayesian analysis

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