Economists propose AI auditing of pre-analysis plan adherence to curb p-hacking

paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-18

Harvard economist Jeffrey Clemens argues that auditing pre-analysis plan (PAP) adherence should become a widespread use case for AI in research. PAPs promise to reduce p-hacking, but enforcement is too time-intensive for the current peer review system — AI auditing could close that gap. This is part 1 of a 9-post thread.

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