Psychology A-Level
Effectiveness evidence and publication bias
What Effectiveness evidence and publication bias means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Thornley's review found chlorpromazine beat placebo on symptom severity, but Healy pointed out that some trial data were published more than once, exaggerating the apparent evidence.
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