# file-drawer problem

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

## Etymology
From the notion of statistical studies that show no significant effect tending to remain unpublished in file drawers.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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