publication bias

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meanings of publicationand bias

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publication
noun
uk /ˌpʌb.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌpʌb.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of making information or stories available to people in a printed or ...
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bias
noun
uk /ˈbaɪ.əs/ us /ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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Examples of publication bias

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After assessing the homogeneity of the data, effect sizes were estimated and publicationbias was tested by use of funnel plots.
But in this case publicationbias might be the most substantial obstacle in obtaining a truly reliable interpretation of the data.
Publicationbias influences the reliability of population effect sizes.
We found no clear evidence of publicationbias, or any clear reasons for apparent heterogeneity.
First, it was based on the results of our meta-analysis combining only three studies (15;16;22) and thus may have resulted from publicationbias.
Consequently, the problem of publicationbias could be more pronounced for other disease areas and other types of clinical questions.
The search for unpublished research should therefore be seen as a necessary but imperfect guard against publicationbias.
This is unfortunate when, compared to other specialities, psychiatry is likely to be especially prone to publicationbias.
Some forms of research are more prone to publicationbias than others.
Due to publicationbias these may have been more likely to be negative studies.
In the absence of publicationbias, when all studies are plotted as individual data points on this graph, then a symmetrical funnel should be seen.
Ultimately, the only answer to publicationbias in psychiatry is a mandatory clinical trials register.
Publicationbias often occurs in psychopharmacology research because the majority of published studies are ones that obtained positive results.
It should be noted, however, that this review may include some publicationbias.
Therefore, this potential for selection bias is as serious a threat as that of publicationbias.
In addition to assessing the problem of publicationbias, robustness of results of a meta-analysis should be tested.
We examined publicationbias and related biases in funnel plots and carried out tests of funnel plot asymmetry (6;19).
There is ongoing interest in publicationbias, because of its potential effects on the cumulative, accessible knowledge base on which health-care decisions are made.
Taken with the other published evidence of this type of publicationbias, it seems clear that systematic reviews should not ignore the gray+ literature.
In addition, a publicationbias might have skewed our results, since positive results tend to be published more consistently than negative ones.
Small studies may have a higher accuracy of data, but they may be associated with publicationbias.
There was no evidence of publicationbias in the review.
Publicationbias in statistical overview of trials: example of psychological rehabilitation following myocardial infarction.
This review might therefore be subject to a publicationbias and a reviewer bias.
First, these reports include results from both published and unpublished reports, thus reducing publicationbias.
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