Systematic Evaluation and Comparison of Statistical Tests for Publication Bias

Examining publication bias—a simulation-based evaluation of statistical tests on publication bias

Background Publication bias is a form of scientific misconduct. It threatens the validity of research results and the credibility of science. Although several tests on publication bias exist, no in-depth evaluations are available that examine which test performs best for different research settings. Methods Four tests on publication bias, Egger's test (FAT), p-uniform, the test of excess sign...

Systematic review of publication bias in studies on publication bias.

Correcting Bias in Statistical Tests for Network Classifier Evaluation

Abstract. It is di cult to directly apply conventional significance tests to compare the performance of network classification models because network data instances are not independent and identically distributed. Recent work [6] has shown that paired t-tests applied to overlapping network samples will result in unacceptably high levels (e.g., up to 50%) of Type I error (i.e., the tests lead to...

comparison of zoe and vitapex for canal treatment of necrotic primary teeth

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the evaluation and comparison of two esp textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine

abstract this study evaluated and compared medical terminology and english for the students of medicine (ii) as two representatives of the textbooks available on the iranian market for teaching english to the students of medicine. this research was performed on the basis of a teacher’s and a number of students’ attitudes and the students’ needs analysis for two reasons: first, to investigate...