publication bias

noun

The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.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

nounpublication bias (plural publication biases)

plural publication biases

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 The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

    Studies with negative results tend not to be published in scientific journals, a phenomenon known as "publication bias".

    2011, Jacques Pepin, “Out of Africa”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 10

Translations

Finnish julkaisuvinouma, julkaisuharha
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German Publikationsverzerrung
  • PublikationsverzerrungTranslations
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APA

publication bias. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publication%20bias

MLA

“publication bias.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publication%20bias. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “publication bias,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publication%20bias.

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