’ of the regressions. The paper examines five possible meanings of the word ‘best’: SR0 is ideal selection with no bias; SR … result in bias. The MST and the FAT-PET have been developed for detection and correction of such bias. The simulations are … observed funnels, while the other four funnels look more realistic. SR1 to SR4 give the mean a substantial bias that confirms …

the potential threats of data-mining and publication bias. We propose extended meta-regression models and evaluate their … presence of publication bias, but data-mining bias leads to seriously inflated type I errors and has to be addressed explicitly. …

types of publication bias: publication bias directed against statistically insignificant estimates, and publication bias …

upward bias in the literature. The evidence for selective reporting is stronger for studies published in peer … confidence intervals. Our estimates of the mean reported SCC corrected for the selective reporting bias are imprecise and range …

Publication bias (PB) exists when the published literature is not representative of the population of studies. PB has …

an upward bias in the literature. The evidence for selective reporting is stronger for studies published in peer … confidence intervals. Our estimates of the mean reported SCC corrected for the selective reporting bias are imprecise and range …

, race, and continent are taken into account. The authors' results also reveal the existence of a publication bias that tends …

used. The funnel has often asymmetries consistent with the most likely priors of the researchers, giving a publication bias. …