FactChecker@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoWHAT IF WHAT IFlemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down13
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageWHAT IF WHAT IFlemmy.worldFactChecker@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 hours agoAs I understand it, the data there is the histogram of z-value observed by some census of published papers. They should make a normal curve, but the publishing process is biased. (On the best case, otherwise the research process would be biased.)
minus-squareSquirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoBut we also prioritize research where we suspect/hypothesize differences, so I think even if all research was published it wouldn’t necessarily be a normal distribution.
As I understand it, the data there is the histogram of z-value observed by some census of published papers.
They should make a normal curve, but the publishing process is biased. (On the best case, otherwise the research process would be biased.)
But we also prioritize research where we suspect/hypothesize differences, so I think even if all research was published it wouldn’t necessarily be a normal distribution.