Statistical power estimation in non-invasive brain stimulation studies and its clinical implications: An exploratory study of the meta-analyses.

CONCLUSION: According to our findings, studies conducted in NIBS miss around 50% of true positive results. Further, it appears that most of the researchers in this field chase statistical significance with small sample sizes, thus compromising the quality of their conclusions. PMID: 31302440 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - July 16, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research