In combination, these factors create incentives for researchers to selectively pursue and selectively attempt to publish statistically significant research findings. ![]() Employers and funders often count papers and weigh them by the journal’s impact factor to assess a researcher’s performance. Many argue that current scientific practices create strong incentives to publish statistically significant (i.e., “positive”) results, and there is good evidence that journals, especially prestigious ones with higher impact factors, disproportionately publish statistically significant results. ![]() ![]() There is increasing concern that many published results are false positives (but see ).
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