The most important statistical ideas of the past 50 years
Looking at statistics as it is used in published papers overall, it seems the the most important statistical idea of the last 50 years is p-hacking.<p>Being able to do multiple analysis of the same data, and find one where p < 0.05 has revolutionized academia.<p>Entire careers have been built around p-hacking.<p>Of all the statistical idea, it is the one which arguably has had the most influence in the life of the academician.