• jeffw@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    It’s called publication bias, idiots. Research that has no strong result doesn’t get published

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      9 hours ago

      which is such a shame because there really should be more evidence for what is and isn’t placebos

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        7 hours ago

        Easier said than done though. If the results are non-significant, that can be due to all sorts of things only one of them being a lack of an actual effect. If your measure is bad/noisy/not well calibrated, your research plan has flaws etc., the sample is too small, … Most non-significant results are due to bad research and it’s hard to identify the other ones. Preregistration and registered reports are some ideas to change that