ArticleRoyal Society open science2023
Big little lies: a compendium and simulation of
Article in Royal Society open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- How do my distributions differ? significance testing for the overlapping index using permutation tests.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Article
- Toward next-generation stress generation research: Expert consensus methodological guidelines.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Statistical reviewing for a medical journal: summary of workshop proceedings.Research integrity and peer review · 2026Article
- Research integrity and transparency in CAM journals: an analysis of publication bias and reporting practices (1995-2023) in four leading journals.Research integrity and peer review · 2026Review
- Bayesian statistics: a primer for perioperative medicine clinicians.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- Favorable research environment is a key determinant of research integrity according to a ten-country survey across Central and Eastern Europe.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A Population Coupling Model Identifies Reduced Propagation from V1 to Higher Visual Areas During Locomotion.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Ten particularly frequent and consequential questionable research practices in quantitative research: Bias mechanisms, preventive strategies, and a simulation-based framework.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- New frontiers in the p-hacking practices: assessing the effect of data peeking practice on type-I error rate through computational modeling.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- "Shaking the ladder" reveals how analytic choices can influence associations in nutrition epidemiology: beef intake and coronary heart disease as a case study.Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2026Review
- What is critical metascience and why is it important?Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
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Abstract
In many research fields, the widespread use of questionable research practices has jeopardized the credibility of scientific results. One of the most prominent questionable research practices is
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