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**YOUR TURN:**
Plot the output of the function simT with `nrep=1000` and `n=10`
Plot the output of the function simT with `nrep=1000` and `n=10`
Plot the output of the function simT with `nrep=1000` and `n=100`

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Altough it isn't necessary to check that a statistical analysis as simple as a t-test does not yield more than 5% of false-positive results, when the structure of the data is complex and analysed with more advanced models (e.g. when explanatory variables are mathematically linked to each other, and are combined in a mixed-effect models), this may allow to compare different modelling approach and select the one that does not produce more than 5% false positive results.

Such complex example where simulations is the only viable approach to construct a statistical model that does not lead to spurious effects can be found in this paper:

* Ihle, Malika, et al (2020). "Measuring Up to Reality: Null Models and Analysis Simulations to Study Parental Coordination Over Provisioning Offspring." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00142" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00142</a>

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