Exercise 4 had you consider a study where use of traditional statistics showed a dead salmon reacted to human emotions. This study most clearly shows the problem with:
A) creating fraudulent data.
B) testing multiple hypotheses without taking this into account.
C) "publish or perish."
D) the ethical treatment of animals in research.

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The study of a dead salmon reacting to human emotions is an example of testing multiple hypotheses without taking into account the issue of multiple comparisons, leading to false positive results. This highlights the problem of falsely identifying significant findings due to chance instead of a true effect.

Exercise 4 Had You Consider a Study Where Use of Traditional