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22 September 2020: Meta-Analysis

Prevalence and Prevention of Reproducibility Deficiencies in Life Sciences Research: Large-Scale Meta-Analyses

Nadine M. Mansour 12ABCDEF , E. Andrew Balas 1ACDE* , Frances M. Yang 3CDE , Marlo M. Vernon 4BCEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.922016

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e922016

Table 2 Subgroup analysis of the estimated variation of reproducibility deficiencies in high-income and middle-income countries.

Deficiency conceptsStudiesSampleCombined I2 %High-income I2 %Middle-income I2 %
Sample/power calculation deficiency16148681.78%84.17%85.40%
Misidentified cell lines18561094.45%93.14%97.96%
Mycoplasma contamination in cell lines305705299.39%99.08%69.99%
Parametric test for non-parametric data vice versa975378.73%88.09%83.71%
Related data independent test or vice versa10169591.82%95.68%95.26%
Mean (SD) used for non-normal or ordinal data8333173.99%38.17%10.16%
Failure to report the exact p-value12409498.13%74.62%99.22%
P-value significance level not defined64340.00%69.01%0.00%
Name of statistical software not mentioned875882.15%70.89%92.63%
Number of tails not stated860884.46%85.63%74.92%

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