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• Collective equipoise, disappointment, and the therapeutic misconception: on the consequences of selection for clinical research

  Authors:Margaret M. Byrne and Peter ThompsonFrom:Medical Decision Making (Vol. 26, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  September-October 20068,229 words Article 1690LPrivate information induces individuals to self-select as subjects into clinical research trials, and it induces researchers to select which trials they conduct. The authors show that selection can induce ex ante...

• A Missing Data Approach to Correct for Direct and Indirect Range Restrictions with a Dichotomous Criterion: A Simulation Study

  Authors:Andreas Pfaffel, Marlene Kollmayer, Barbara Schober, and Christiane SpielFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 28, 201610,460 words Report 1450LA recurring methodological problem in the evaluation of the predictive validity of selection methods is that the values of the criterion variable are available for selected applicants only. This so-called range...

• Social influence on selection behaviour: Distinguishing local- and global-driven preferential attachment

  Authors:Xue Pan, Lei Hou, and Kecheng LiuFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 13, 20176,252 words Report 1530LSocial influence drives human selection behaviours when numerous objects competing for limited attentions, which leads to the 'rich get richer' dynamics where popular objects tend to get more attentions. However,...

• Sampling strategies for species with high breeding-site fidelity: A case study in burrow-nesting seabirds

  Authors:Gavin E. Arneill, Christopher M. Perrins, Matt J. Wood, David Murphy, Luca Pisani, Mark J. Jessopp, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 27, 20197,651 words Case study 1560LSampling approaches used to census and monitor populations of flora and fauna are diverse, ranging from simple random sampling to complex hierarchal stratified designs. Usually the approach taken is determined by the...

• Motivations, concerns and selection biases when posting preprints: A survey of bioRxiv authors.

  Authors:Nicholas Fraser, Philipp Mayr, and Isabella PetersFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 3, 202210,990 words Report 1750LSince 2013, the usage of preprints as a means of sharing research in biology has rapidly grown, in particular via the preprint server bioRxiv. Recent studies have found that journal articles that were previously posted...

• Comments: Pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion

  Authors:Beuy Joob and Viroj WiwanitkitFrom:Lung India (Vol. 29, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 2012172 words Brief article, Lette... 1520LByline: Beuy. Joob, Viroj. Wiwanitkit Sir, The recent report on "pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion" is quite interesting. [sup][1] Prabhu and Narasimhan concluded that, "Pleuroscopy is a safe,...

• An improved estimator for the sampling error of local competition variables

  Authors:Clara Anton-Fernandez and Robert E. FroeseFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 45, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20155,248 words Report 1490LWe present a revised estimator for the sampling error of local competition variables that builds on the conceptual framework given by Stage and Wykoff (Stage, A.R., and Wykoff, W.R. For. Sci. 44(2): 224-238, 1998)....

• How representative are student convenience samples? A study of literacy and numeracy skills in 32 countries.

  Authors:Heather Wild, Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen, and Victor KupermanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 8, 20229,137 words Report 1450LPsychological research, including research into adult reading, is frequently based on convenience samples of undergraduate students. This practice raises concerns about the external validity of many accepted findings....

• The Cost Impact of Spam Filters: Measuring the Effect of Information System Technologies in Organizations

  Authors:Marco Caliendo, Michel Clement, Dominik Papies, and Sabine Scheel-KopeinigFrom:Information Systems Research (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2012 Report 1490L

• Comparison of variable selection procedures and investigation of the role of shrinkage in linear regression-protocol of a simulation study in low-dimensional data.

  Authors:Edwin Kipruto and Willi SauerbreiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 3, 20225,839 words Report 1540LIn low-dimensional data and within the framework of a classical linear regression model, we intend to compare variable selection methods and investigate the role of shrinkage of regression estimates in a simulation...

• Inferring reporting-related biases in hedge fund databases from hedge fund equity holdings

  Authors:Vikas Agarwal, Vyacheslav Fos, and Wei JiangFrom:Management Science (Vol. 59, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 201311,255 words Report 1620LThis paper formally analyzes the biases related to self-reporting in hedge fund databases by matching the quarterly equity holdings of a complete list of 13F-filing hedge fund companies to the union of five major...

• Contagion of wishful thinking in markets

  Authors:Nicholas Seybert and Robert BloomfieldFrom:Management Science (Vol. 55, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20099,668 words Report Prior research provides only weak and controversial evidence that people overestimate the likelihood of desirable events (wishful thinking), but strong evidence that people bet more heavily on those events (wishful...

• Health administrative data enrichment using cohort information: Comparative evaluation of methods by simulation and application to real data

  Authors:Bernard C. Silenou, Marta Avalos, Catherine Helmer, Claudine Berr, Antoine Pariente, and Helene Jacqmin-GaddaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 31, 20196,993 words Report 1490LBackground Studies using health administrative databases (HAD) may lead to biased results since information on potential confounders is often missing. Methods that integrate confounder data from cohort studies, such...

• The failure of immigration appeals

  Author:David HausmanFrom:University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Vol. 164, Issue 5)

  Apr. 20167,861 words Article 1650LWithin the same immigration court, some immigration judges are up to three times more likely than their colleagues to order immigrants deported. Theories of appeal and of administrative adjudication imply that appeals...

• Selection bias on intellectual ability in autism research: a cross-sectional review and meta-analysis.

  Authors:Ginny Russell, William Mandy, Daisy Elliott, Rhianna White, Tom Pittwood, and Tamsin FordFrom:Molecular Autism (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 1, 20196,040 words Report 1450LBackground Current global estimates suggest the proportion of the population with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have intellectual disability (ID) is approximately 50%. Our objective was to ascertain the existence...

• Fibromyalgia diagnosis and biased assessment: Sex, prevalence and bias

  Authors:Frederick Wolfe, Brian Walitt, Serge Perrot, Johannes J. Rasker, and Winfried HauserFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 13, 20186,160 words Report 1480LPurpose Multiple clinical and epidemiological studies have provided estimates of fibromyalgia prevalence and sex ratio, but different criteria sets and methodology, as well as bias, have led to widely varying...

• Selection bias and auditing policies for insurance claims

  Authors:Jean Pinquet, Mercedes Ayuso, and Montserrat GuillenFrom:Journal of Risk and Insurance (Vol. 74, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20076,877 words Article 1360LABSTRACT Selection bias results from a discrepancy between the range of estimation of a statistical model and its range of application. This is the case for fraud risk models, which are estimated on audited claims...

• Calibration adjustments to address bias in mortality analyses due to informative sampling-a census-linked survey analysis in Switzerland

  Authors:Andre Moser, Matthias Bopp, and Marcel ZwahlenFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 13, 20186,383 words Report 1420LAuthor(s): André Moser (1,2), Matthias Bopp (3), Marcel Zwahlen (2), Introduction Population-based longitudinal studies are a key tool for epidemiologists to investigate individual and ecological risk factors on...

• Depot repair capacity as a criterion for transportation mode selection in the retrograde movement of reparable assets

  Authors:William A. Cunningham, Stephen Swartz, and Harold M. KahlerFrom:Journal of Transportation ManagementPeer-Reviewed

  Spring 20045,489 words Report 1390LTo support smaller reparable asset inventories, current Air Force logistics policies direct the "expedited evacuation of reparables ... to the source of repair." Mode selection is based on the asset. Focusing on the...

• From the blogosphere

  From:Nature (Vol. 454, Issue 7207) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 21, 2008169 words Brief article, Repor... 1440LShould there be affirmative action for women in science? Heather Buschman, a science writer for the Consortium for Functional Glycomics, poses that question at the Naturejobs careers advice forum...