[R] OFF TOPIC: Nature article on File Drawer Problem in Reserach

Richard O'Keefe
2024-07-25T11:40:14Z

I know you didn't want to stimulate discussion, but the problem is not
confined to publication.  "Adverse reaction to medication" monitoring
programs are plagued by a similarly massive under-reporting problem:
adverse reactions are seldom reported unless they are particularly bad
or surprising.  (The Ministry of Health in my country estimates 90% of
cases are never reported.)  Remembering to check for possible bias
from unreported cases is a human problem for analysts.  Which, if any,
R packages have proven useful to detecting the existence of a
systematic under-reporting problem might well be an appropriate topic
for this list.

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 02:44, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Again, this is off topic, not about statistics or R, but I think of
> interest to many on this list. The title is:
>
> "So you got a null result. Will anyone publish it?"
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02383-9
>
> Best to all,
> Bert
>
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