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Assertion (A): Post hoc subgroup analysis has undermined several seeding trials.
Reason (R): Selecting a favourable subset after the event guarantees an apparent effect.
Answer: A
Both are true and the reason gives the statistical failure, and reanalysis has overturned more than one claimed success. Pre-registration of the analysis is the accepted remedy. Several claimed successes have not survived reanalysis.
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