Balanced examination of positive publication bias impact
Mark Ramos · 2025 · Accountability in Research
WASTE classifies this as Negative / Null Result Report · AI classification, approximate
The study found no significant effect — useful as a negative control or null benchmark for your own design.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Positive publication bias is the tendency to favor studies that reject null hypotheses for publication and is widely regarded as detrimental to research enterprise quality. However, this view oversimplifies the interplay between selection biases and the statistical properties of hypothesis testing. METHODS: Using theoretical models under varying assumptions about the research landscape in terms of the truth values of hypotheses investigated, we examine how increasing bias towards publishing studies with statistically significant results over those without inflates false positive ra
Abstract by Mark Ramos, Accountability in Research (2025) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1080/08989621.2025.2538066