Power failure: Why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience

A study with low statistical power has a reduced chance of detecting a true effect, but it is less well appreciated that low power also reduces the likelihood that a statistically significant result reflects a true effect. Here, we show that the average statistical power of studies in the neuroscien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Button, K, Ioannidis, J, Mokrysz, C, Nosek, B, Flint, J, Robinson, E, Munafo, MR
Format: Journal article
Published: 2013