Open AccessPositive-Outcome Bias and Other Limitations in the Outcome of Research Abstracts Submitted to a Scientific Meeting
Author(s) -
Michael L. Callaham,
Robert L. Wears,
Ellen J Weber,
Christopher Barton,
Gary P. Young
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.280.3.254
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , presentation (obstetrics) , specialty , impact factor , confidence interval , family medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , medline , surgery , political science , law
Studies with positive results are more likely to be published in biomedical journals than are studies with negative results. However, many studies submitted for consideration at scientific meetings are never published in full; bias in this setting is poorly studied.
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