How reliable are scientific studies?
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.069849.
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Abstract
There is growing concern that a substantial proportion of scientific research may in fact be false. A number of factors have been proposed as contributing to the presence of a large number of false-positive results in the literature, one of which is publication bias. We discuss empirical evidence for these factors.
Medical subject headings
- Publication Bias
- Research