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p-hacking 

Exploiting –perhaps unconsciously - researcher degrees of freedom until p<.05.
That finding seems to have been obtained through p-hacking, the authors dropped one of the conditions so that the overall p-value would be less than .05.

She is a p-hacker, she always monitors data while it is being collected.
p-hacking by PProf March 1, 2012

Nathaniel Hackett 

A New England gentleman who has a very interesting personality. He is very sarcastic, yet a great friend that you can be weird with.
Nathaniel Hackett actually wants to learn how to hack.

p-hacking 

Manipulation of statistics such that the desired outcome assumes "statistical significance", usually for the benefit of the study's sponsors. Usually done by ex post facto choice of significance labels and simple reporting of results as being conclusive regardless of calculated p-value. This depends on the public's general lack of understanding of statistical measures and press non-reportage of details.

Also the basis of nutrition research.
Study: "Soy protein was shown to reduce cancer rates in rats with a p <1.0" (effectively random data)

Next day's headline: "Soy Cures Cancer"

Sales soar 1000%

p-hacking = Profit.
p-hacking by Cortical Vortex June 12, 2015
A Glaswegian term relating to a physically ugly, crass and charmless person (usually a female).
What d'ye think ah hur then Gaz? Wid ye gie ur wan?
No danger man! Ah widdnae touch her wae yours... she's pure hackitt!
hackitt by hector mcgubligan December 28, 2005

hacking the jackoff 

The subtle seduction and concurrent infiltration of the mind of an unscrupulous jerk, to gather the necessary intel to shut him down.
Hacking the jackoff shouldn't be too hard, his mind is shockingly simple, driven entirely by ego gratification and compensation.

hacking the mainframe 

smacking random buttons on your keyboard so it sound like your doing something really cool, and not looking while you do it.
hey are you smaking buttons on a keyboard? "no, im hacking the mainframe"