The Origins of Reporting Bias: Selective but Unbiased Reporting by Early-Career Researchers?

Anastasiya-Mariya Asanov, Igor Asanov, Guido Buenstorf, Valon Kadriu and Pia Schoch

No 225, I4R Discussion Paper Series from The Institute for Replication (I4R)

Abstract: Doctoral dissertations provide evidence about research practices in early career-stage research. We examine reporting bias by manually collecting over 94,000 test statistics from a random sample of German dissertations and their follow-up papers worldwide. We observe selective reporting, as only a fraction of the tests in the dissertations is reported in follow-up papers. Unexpectedly, we find no increase in reporting bias in follow-up papers compared to dissertations nor, generally, reporting bias in dissertations or papers. Self-selection into higher-impact journals based on statistical significance may reconcile our finding of selective yet "unbiased" reporting with prior evidence suggesting pervasive reporting bias.

Keywords: research transparency; reporting bias; higher education; young researchers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 A23 C12 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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