Publication bias as a threat to the validity of meta-analytic results

By H. Rothstein. 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability

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Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder and fear and increase satisfaction and legitimacy among citizens: a systematic review (2014, background): “Study authors and journal editors may be more inclined to submit or accept reports of statistically significant findings, perceiving them to be more ‘interesting,’ while studies showing no effect may never be published, or written up only in harder to find gray literature such as technical reports (”
Sample Sizes and Effect Sizes are Negatively Correlated in Meta-Analyses: Evidence and Implications of a Publication Bias Against NonSignificant Findings (2009, background): “Examination of a funnel plot has also been criticized as highly subjective and therefore difficult to assess consistently (Rothstein, 2008).”
Preventing prejudice and improving intergroup attitudes: A meta-analysis of child and adolescent training programs (2014, background): “A potential threat to the interpretation and validity of any metaanalytic result is the problem of publication bias (Beelmann & Lipsey, in press; Rothstein, 2008).”
Does Working Memory Training Transfer? A Meta-Analysis Including Training Conditions as Moderators (2015, methodology): “When the yintercept differs significantly from zero, bias is indicated (Egger et al., 1997; Rothstein, 2008).”
The Effects of Hot Spots Policing on Crime: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2014, background): “Publication Bias Publication bias presents a strong challenge to any review of evaluation studies (Rothstein, 2008).”
The Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Parent Involvement in Special Education: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis (2017, methodology): “In combination, these methods and their results were planned to assess the possibility of publication bias (Rothstein, 2008).”
The Effects of Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime (2012, background): “Publication Bias Publication bias presents a strong challenge to any review of evaluation studies (Rothstein 2008).”
Much Ado About Something: Violent Video Game Effects and a School of Red Herring: Reply to Ferguson and Kilburn (2010) (2010, unknown): “One of us (Rothstein) is an expert on publication bias in meta-analysis (McDaniel, Rothstein, & Whetzel, 2006; Rothstein, 2004, 2008a, 2008b; Rothstein & Hopewell, 2009; Rothstein, Sutton, & Borenstein, 2005).”
Can Policing Disorder Reduce Crime? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2015, background): “Publication bias presents a strong challenge to any review of evaluation studies (Rothstein 2008).”