Publication bias in the German social sciences: an application of the caliper test to three top-tier German social science journals (vol 50, pg 901, 2016)
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Berning, Carl C.
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Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Dept Polit Sci, Jakob Welder Weg 12, D-55128 Mainz, GermanyJohannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Dept Polit Sci, Jakob Welder Weg 12, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Berning, Carl C.
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Weiss, Bernd
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Univ Cologne, Inst Sociol & Social Psychol, Greinstr 2, D-50939 Cologne, GermanyJohannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Dept Polit Sci, Jakob Welder Weg 12, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Weiss, Bernd
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[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Dept Polit Sci, Jakob Welder Weg 12, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Caliper test;
Multilevel analysis;
Publication bias;
Statistical significance;
Type I error;
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10.1007/s11135-015-0238-5
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C [社会科学总论];
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0303 ;
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Systematic research reviews have become essential in all empirical sciences. However, the validity of research syntheses is threatened if the preparation, submission or publication of research findings depends on the statistical significance of these findings. The present study investigates publication bias in three top-tier journals in the German social sciences, utilizing the caliper test. For the period between 2001 and 2010, we have collected 156 articles that appeared in the Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (KZfSS), the Zeitschrift fur Soziologie (ZfS) and the Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS). In all three journals, we found empirical evidence for the existence of publication bias at the 10 % significance level. We also investigated possible causes linked to this bias, including single versus multiple authorship as well as academic degree. We found only weak support for the relationships between individual author characteristics and publication bias.
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Berning CC, 2016, QUAL QUANT, V50, P901, DOI 10.1007/s11135-015-0182-4