file-drawer problem
English
Etymology
From the notion of statistical studies that show no significant effect tending to remain unpublished in file drawers.
Noun
file-drawer problem (plural file-drawer problems)
- (statistics) The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
See also
- funnel plot
- publication bias
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