Sentences with phrase «indicate publication bias»

We examined plots visually to see whether there was any evidence of asymmetry that might suggest different treatment effects in smaller studies, which may indicate publication bias (Harbord 2006).

Begg's funnel plot indicating no publication bias in the studies included in this meta - analysis.

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The lines are drawn around the dots to visualize how symmetrically the studies are divided around the true estimate; symmetry indicates no evidence of publication bias.

Although the dataset included 24 unpublished studies, 44 treatment effects might still be inflated because several methods studies indicate that publication bias is a serious problem in this drug class.51 52