心理学中的出版偏见:仔细研究样本大小和效果大小之间的相关性
Audrey Helen Linden1,2, Thomas V Pollet3, Johannes Hönekopp3
1Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) Department of Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|February 15, 2024
概括
在心理学中,样本大小和效果大小之间的负相关性可能不仅仅表明偏见. 对样本大小的无问题的调整也可以解释这些发现,这表明需要细致的解释.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 进行元分析分析.
- 研究方法研究方法研究方法学
背景情况:
- 样本大小和效果大小之间的负相关性 (n-ES相关性) 通常归因于心理学研究中的出版偏差.
- 替代性解释,例如无问题的调整样本大小到预期效果大小,证明调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查心理研究中负 n-ES 相关性在多大程度上反映了偏见与合法方法调整的偏见.
- 分析无偏差数据集中的n-ES相关性,并将其与已发表的焦点效应中的相关性进行比较.
主要方法:
- 研究1:分析了150个元分析和57个多重复制中的n-ES相关性,被认为没有相关偏差.
- 研究2:比较了 160 篇心理学论文样本中的焦点效应与随机选择效应的 n-ES 相对关系.
主要成果:
- 在元分析中,n-ES相关性是不显而易见的,这表明出版偏差对心理元分析的影响有限.
- 与随机选择的效应相比,在出版物中的焦点效应中观察到明显更高的n-ES相关性.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,虽然分析可能不受出版偏差的影响,但出版物中的焦点效应显示出更强的n-ES相关性.
- 出版偏差与其他因素对观察到的焦点效应的n-ES相关性的确切贡献仍然不确定,需要进一步研究.
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