Jamila Conducts a Meta-Analysis to Analyze Results from Hundreds of Studies

question 70

Multiple Choice

Jamila conducts a meta-analysis to analyze results from hundreds of studies on gender and intelligence.She finds no significant gender differences and decides to discard this work,so that she can focus on research that does identify significant differences.Jamila's decision to not publish her work on nonsignificant findings is known as the _____ problem.

• A) gender similarities
• B) file drawer
• C) gender differences
• D) "using the wrong statistics"

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