Identification of and Correction for Publication Bias / Isaiah Andrews, Maximilian Kasy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, Isaiah.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Kasy, Maximilian.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w23298.

NBER working paper series no. w23298

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.

Summary:

Some empirical results are more likely to be published than others. Such selective publication leads to biased estimates and distorted inference. This paper proposes two approaches for identifying the conditional probability of publication as a function of a study's results, the first based on systematic replication studies and the second based on meta-studies. For known conditional publication probabilities, we propose median-unbiased estimators and associated confidence sets that correct for selective publication. We apply our methods to recent large-scale replication studies in experimental economics and psychology, and to meta-studies of the effects of minimum wages and de-worming programs.

Notes:

Print version record

March 2017.