3 papers
econ.EM2026
Testing for Underpowered Literatures
Stefan Faridani
How many experimental studies would have come to different conclusions had they been run on larger samples? I show how to estimate the expected number of statistically significant…
econ.EM2026
When is p-hacking detectable?
Stefan Faridani
We show that some forms of p-hacking cannot be detected by examining the histogram of t-statistics or their p-values. Even when p-hacking is detectable, standard tests may lack pow…
econ.EM2026
Linear estimation of global average treatment effects
Stefan Faridani, Paul Niehaus
We study estimation of and inference for the average causal effect of treating every member of a population, as opposed to none, using an experiment that treats only some. Consider…