Speakur

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file-drawer problem

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
file--draw-er prob-lem
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

Etymology

From the notion of statistical studies that show no significant effect tending to remain unpublished in file drawers.

Inflected Forms

file-drawer problems (plural)

Phrases

funnel plot publication bias

Frequently Paired Words

funnel plot publication bias

Questions

What does file-drawer problem mean?
The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
Where does file-drawer problem come from?
From the notion of statistical studies that show no significant effect tending to remain unpublished in file drawers.

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