noun phrase · academic

publication bias

/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən ˈbaɪəs/pub·li·CA·tion BI·as

Band 7+task2speaking

the tendency for journals or researchers to publish positive or significant results more often than negative or null results

Examples

Many meta-analyses try to account for publication bias when estimating treatment effects.

Publication bias can give a distorted picture of how well an intervention works.

Journals that prefer positive results may increase the risk of publication bias.

Band 8 sentence

When interpreting meta-analyses, it is essential to evaluate publication bias because it can substantially exaggerate an intervention's apparent efficacy.

Collocations

  • suffer from publication bias
  • mitigate publication bias
  • assess publication bias

Word family

publication nounpublish verbbiased / bias adjective / noun

Common mistakes

publish biaspublication bias

bias in publicationpublication bias

Say it for a higher band

5publish bias6bias in publication7+publication bias

Synonyms

reporting bias

Easily confused

reporting bias

Selective outcome reporting in trials has contributed to reporting bias.

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