"Unknown unknowns: Is there a selection bias against null results?" (blog post, September 11, 2014)

[Dolphin]

Probably nothing majorly new in this.

Unknown unknowns: Is there a selection bias against null results?
by Wellcome Trust

11 SEP, 2014
http://blog.wellcome.ac.uk/2014/09/11/unknown-unknowns-exploring-the-landscape-of-null-results/

tags: Data sharing, negative findings, null results, policy

 

[Snow Leopard]

In CFS research, there is less bias in this regard - because null results are deemed more acceptable, though many studies still tend to focus the discussion on the positive part of their results more than the null findings in particular studies.