file-drawer problems

A form of file-drawer problem — The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of file-drawer problem
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file-drawer problems. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/file-drawer%20problems

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