Sequential biases in accumulating evidence.

Res Synth Methods · 2016 · PMC5031232 · PMID 26626562

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marginal significanceno p-value reported

As it happened, the third trial was run with an effective sample size of 69.24, resulting in marginal significance of the combined effect θ ^ 3 of sodium monofluorophosphate.

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failed to reach significanceno p-value reported

The first three studies in this meta‐analysis failed to reach significance but showed positive effect.

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