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The search for unpublished research should therefore be seen as a necessary but imperfect guard againstpublicationbias.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