Do Research Literatures Give Correct Answers?

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Howard, George S ^a   Lau, Michael Y ^a   Maxwell, Scott E ^a   Venter, André ^a   Lundy, Rae ^a   Sweeny, Ryan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

file drawer problem; misleading research literatures; null results

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949146425     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015468     Document Type: Article

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