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publication bias

publication bias noun: the bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

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 The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
    • Studies with negative results tend not to be published in scientific journals, a phenomenon known as "publication bias".2011, Jacques Pepin, “Out of Africa”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 10

Forms of publication bias

pluralpublication biases

Questions about publication bias

What does publication bias mean?
Publication bias means the bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
What part of speech is publication bias?
Publication bias is a noun.
What is the plural of publication bias?
The plural of publication bias is publication biases.

Words near publication bias in the dictionary

  1. publicate
  2. publicated
  3. publicates
  4. publicating
  5. publication
  6. publication bias
  7. publication biases
  8. publications
  9. publichearted
  10. publicise
  11. publicised

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