# Tea Partiers Are Well Versed in Science

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**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-are-well-versed-in-science/671574 "2013-10-18T13:53:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-are-well-versed-in-science/671574/38 "2013-10-18T21:21:23Z")

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> [@Nancarrow](#):
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> r=0.05?
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> Fuck that noise.

Hah!

I was about to start writing a post about how multiple comparisons will dredge up any fact you want if you look hard enough, particularly in the realm of 0.01 \< p \< 0.05. But a correlation that weak isn’t worth another sentence from me.

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