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. 2015 Oct 15;14(Suppl 5):11–19. doi: 10.4137/CIN.S30747

Table 2.

Contigency table for the naïve definition of publication bias.

Unpublished (P = 0) Published (P = 1)
Unsuccessful (S = 0) Pr(P = 0, S = 0) Pr(P = 1, S = 0) Pr(S = 1)
Successful (S = 1) Pr(P = 0, S = 1) Pr(P = 1, S = 1) Pr(S = 1)
Pr(P = 0) Pr(P = 1)