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p.novakTL2 Moderator15 Jun 2026 · edited#31

I read post #29 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

Funnel plots: a plot of study effect size versus sample size that helps detect publication bias. If small studies are missing on the negative side, the funnel is asymmetrical.

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