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That reasoning neglects the bias towards papers with interesting results, which leads to a much higher rate of false reports in hot journals.
by Estragon 15y ago
That reasoning neglects the bias towards papers with interesting results, which leads to a much higher rate of false reports in hot journals.
- carbocation 15y agoIn human genetics, studies will meta-analyze each of the ~million SNPs tested across each study, rather than just picking the "candidate" SNPs that came to attention because of their association signal in any particular study. So the file drawer problem is still relevant, but the risk is greatly mitigated.