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Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie 8/2021

07.05.2021 | Editorials

Increasing the reproducibility of research will reduce the problem of apophenia (and more)

verfasst von: Philip M. Jones, MD, MSc, Janet Martin, PharmD, MSc (HTA&M)

Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Ausgabe 8/2021

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In their thought-provoking article, Hanson et al.1 eloquently and convincingly describe how humans are naturally predisposed to identifying meaningful patterns where none truly exist and tend to prefer positive over negative results—the tendency known as apophenia. In the research context, when these two elements are combined, this creates the aggregate issue of false positive research findings (hereafter referred to as simply false positives). …
Fußnoten
1
The Canadian Journal of Anesthesia’s Policy Statement on Registration of Randomized Clinical Trials and Systematic Reviews. Available from URL: https://​www.​springer.​com/​journal/​12630/​submission-guidelines (accessed April 2021).
 
2
Registration of Observational Studies at ClinicalTrials.gov. Available from URL: https://​clinicaltrials.​gov/​ct2/​manage-recs/​how-register#Considerations (accessed April 2021).
 
3
For example, the Open Science Framework. Available from URL: https://​osf.​io (accessed April 2021).
 
4
The Canadian Journal of Anesthesia’s Policy Statement on Registration of Randomized Clinical Trials and Systematic Reviews. Disponible à l’adresse: https://​www.​springer.​com/​journal/​12630/​submission-guidelines (consulté avril 2021).
 
5
Registration of Observational Studies at ClinicalTrials.gov. Disponible à l’adresse: https://​clinicaltrials.​gov/​ct2/​manage-recs/​howregister#Considerations (consulté avril 2021).
 
6
Par exemple, le Open Science Framework. Disponible à l’adresse: https://​osf.​io/​ (consulté avril 2021).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Increasing the reproducibility of research will reduce the problem of apophenia (and more)
verfasst von
Philip M. Jones, MD, MSc
Janet Martin, PharmD, MSc (HTA&M)
Publikationsdatum
07.05.2021
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Ausgabe 8/2021
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Elektronische ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-021-02006-1

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