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kingkawnyesterday at 7:06 PM1 replyview on HN

Or overestimate?


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tfirstyesterday at 7:50 PM

Holding all else equal, noisier estimates bias us towards the null. This is attenuation bias.

However, the estimates are still probably overestimated. Confounding, p-hacking, publication bias, all move us towards larger estimates.

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