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publication biases

publication biases is the plural of publication bias.

Meaning of publication bias

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 The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
    • Studies with negative results tend not to be published in scientific journals, a phenomenon known as "publication bias".2011, Jacques Pepin, “Out of Africa”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 10

Questions about publication biases

What is publication biases the plural of?
Publication biases is the plural of publication bias.

Words near publication biases in the dictionary

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

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