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Re:Consumption of a dark roast coffee blend reduces DNA dama... by swsieber on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:17PM (#18916659)
It depends on the ratio of studies funded vs studies published.

I wouldn't be surprised if around 90-95% of special interest funded studies that aim for a p value of <5% aren't published.

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Re:Consumption of a dark roast coffee blend reduces DNA dama... by laingc on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:40PM (#18916847)
> I wouldn't be surprised if around 90-95% of special interest funded studies that aim for a p value of <5% aren't published.

This is true of the majority of publicly-funded research, too.

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