File Drawer Problem

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File Drawer Problem

A popular term for a type of publication bias in which either investigators fail to report their results, or journals have no interest in publishing results of a study that is negative for a particular trend

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problem			This problem is often called the file drawer problem (Rosenthal, 1979) because authors who have insignificant results and/or results that conflict with prevailing theory end up putting a paper in the file drawer after multiple, perhaps unwarranted, rejections. Special topic forum on non-significant and contradictory results by Pagell, Mark; Kristal, Murat; Blackmon, Kate / Journal of Supply Chain Management In their desire to publish either an orthodox view or to publish solid, correct research, scientific journals have unwittingly stumbled into biases such as groupthink; system justification or status quo bias; confirmation bias; confounding variables that were not scientifically controlled; publication bias; or the file drawer problem. Comments on "Letter to the Editor" by Lindsey, Timothy J. / Appraisal Journal			figure-ground relationship figure-of-8 bandage figwort figworts fila fila- filaceous filaggrin filament filamentous filamentous bacilli, morphologic form of filamentum filar filaria Filarial filariasis filaricide filarid filariform Filarinema Filarioidea Filaroides Filatov flap file File Cutter's Disease File Drawer Problem file snake file-access safeguards filgrastim filial filial generation Filicide-Suicide Filicollis filiform filiform bougie filiform catheter filiform needles filiform papilla filiform warts filing filing teeth Filipendula Ulmaria fill filled legs filled milk filled resin filled sealant filled teeth, indices and scoring methods for fillet filling filling defect			File control block File control block File Control Office File Control Parameter File Control System File Control System File Control Table File conversion File conversion File conversion File conversion File conversion File converter File cutter File Cutter's Disease file deduplication file deduplication File Definition Language file delete File Delete Child File Delivery Over Unidirectional Transport File descriptor File descriptor file descriptor leak File descriptors File Diagnostic Message File Distribution Management System File Distribution Manager file down file down File Drawer Problem File Encryption Key File Entry file event File eXchange Protocol File Exchange System File explorer File Express File extension File extension File extension File Extension Association for Download in Internet Explorer File Extension Manager File extensions File extensions File extensions File extent File extent File extent file find File firing file folder file for file for File format File format File Format Application Programming Interface File Format Convertor Type A File Format for Internet Fax File Format for the Interchange of Virtual Worlds File Format Table

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