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Throwback Thursday - Why do we only see positive results published?

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English - May 23, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB
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In today's Thursday Specials episode, Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham answerers a listener's question "Why do we only see positive results published?"


Additional Information


Publication bias: the problem that won't go away  - Dickersin and Min (1993) Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences

The importance of no evidence -  Editorial Nature Human Behaviour (2019)
When Scientists Find Nothing: The Value of Null Results - Inside Science (2020)
Monday Science Episode 70 - COVID19 Retracted Papers 
Example of where studies have investigated the influence of publication bias and impact
Suicide risk with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other new-generation antidepressants in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2021]
 Vitamin D and covid-19 [BMJ, 2021] - Rapid Responses 

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