publication bias

English

Noun

publication bias (plural publication biases)

1. The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
   • 2011, Jacques Pepin, “Out of Africa”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 10:

     Studies with negative results tend not to be published in scientific journals, a phenomenon known as "publication bias".

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• Finnish: julkaisuvinouma, julkaisuharha
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• German: Publikationsverzerrung f
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See also

• funnel plot
• file-drawer problem
• publication bias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia