I don’t know of anyone who contests the existence of publication bias / desk drawer bias - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias https://en.wikipedia.o

I don’t know of anyone who contests the existence of publication bias / desk drawer bias - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias The solution - to the extent one exists - is pre registration. I see no evidence that this study was pre registered and thus the usual assumption that it has no meaningful protection from publication bias applies. Here’s one of the very well known reports of potential impact in a well studied area (fda approval): https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsa065779 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsa065779