FactChecker@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWHAT IF WHAT IFlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down16
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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-26 days 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-up4·5 days 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.