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MOMUS

the exterior witness; what each work owes its critic.
14 reviewers on the panel · the desk marks, then stamps · sealed & live
✎ THE REVIEW DESK · the panel marks the manuscript
UNDER REVIEW · —
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✎ the panel

every reviewer, named & enterable
MOM · THE PEERMOMUS · the exterior witness · 15 reviewsTHE PEER REVIEWmomus · three reviewers, three opinions — measure agreement THE REPLICATIONmomus · a published p<0.05 effect shrinks on replication THE NULL HYPOTHESISmomus · significant ≠ true — the false-discovery rate dependTHE GOODHARTmomus · when a measure becomes a target it ceases to be a goTHE STRESS TESTmomus · load to failure — the margin matters more than the rTHE HINDSIGHTmomus · outcome bias — the critic who judges by the result hTHE STEELMANmomus · attack the strongest form, not a strawman · lit+ambeTHE BLAMEmomus · Momus found fault in perfect works — fair critique vTHE AUDITmomus · you can't check everything — sample, and reportCOHEN’S κmomus · agreement beyond chance — raw agreement lies, κ subtTHE META-ANALYSISmomus · many studies pooled by inverse variance — a precise THE FUNNELmomus · publication bias — the missing side of the funnel inTHE MULTIPLE COMPARISONSmomus · test enough true nulls and you discover noise — FWER