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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the value of a statistical life (VSL) in China using the hedonic wage model, and to explore the regional difference in VSL within the country. Design/methodology/approach – Using the hedonic wage regression, this paper estimates the...
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This article examines whether studies with favorable or statistically significant outcomes are more likely to be published than studies with null results. Should such a publication tendency be in the form of favoring significant findings exist, then the integrity of science, suggestions and...
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strong orientation towards statistical significance encourages biased results, a phenomenon termed “publication bias …”. Publication bias occurs whenever the likelihood or time-lag of publication, or the prominence, language, impact factor of journal … evidence concerning the existence of publication bias in all scientific disciplines and although its detrimental consequences …
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summarized result. So-called publication bias is a type of missing data and a phenomenon that jeopardizes the validity of … systematic or quantitative, as well as narrative, reviews. Publication bias exists if the preparation, submission or publication … significance. This article describes methods to identify publication bias in the context of meta-analysis. It also reviews …
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Making published, scientific research data publicly available can benefit scientists and policy makers only if there is sufficient information for these data to be intelligible. Thus the necessary meta-data go beyond the scientific, technological detail and extend to the statistical approach and...
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the higher auditor specialization costs. Although the authors identified a publication selection bias, a specialization …
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Purpose – Current publication practices in the scholarly (International) Business and Management community are overwhelmingly anti-Popperian, which fundamentally frustrates the production of scientific progress. This is the result of at least five related biases: the verification, novelty,...
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heterogeneity and identify causes of the observed differentiation. Findings – The findings also show evidence of publication bias … appealing in our era because of: endogeneity-based estimations, publication bias, and effects of financial activity. A …
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The rate of road accident fatalities depends on many factors including vehicle, roadway, environmental and driver characteristics. This research aims at reducing accidents using a data driven approach. Route planning applications such as Google Maps consider shortest time from a start point to a...
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In the study of decision-making, the classical view of behavioral appropriateness or rationality was challenged by neuro and psychological reasons. The “bounded rationality” theory proposed that cognitive limitations lead decision-makers to construct simplified models for dealing with the...
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