From: Significance bias: an empirical evaluation of the oral health literature
Discipline | Frequency | 0 to 0.025 | 0.026-0.05 | Test for evidential value | 0.04-0.045 | 0.046-0.05 | Test for data-dredging |
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General Dentistry | 10948 (25 %) | 5366 | 4108 | 0.57 [0.62, 0.64] | 212 | 3364 | 0.059 [0.052, 0.067] |
Surgery | 8605 (19 %) | 4372 | 2564 | 0.63 [0.62, 0.64] | 348 | 1523 | 0.19 [0.17, 0.20] |
Public Health Dentistry | 1805 (4 %) | 1122 | 478 | 0.70 [0.68, 0.72] | 62 | 315 | 0.17 [0.13, 0.20] |
Dental Materials | 821 (2 %) | 325 | 392 | 0.45 [0.42, 0.49]‡ | 1 | 355 | 0.0046 [0.00015, 0.013] |
Pedodontics | 490 (1 %) | 246 | 184 | 0.57 [0.53, 0.62] | 22 | 114 | 0.17 [0.11, 0.23] |
Gerodonlogy | 922 (2 %) | 445 | 316 | 0.58 [0.55, 0.62] | 26 | 223 | 0.11 [0.071, 0.15] |
Endodontics | 5456 (12 %) | 2309 | 2468 | 0.48 [0.47, 0.50] | 109 | 2133 | 0.049 [0.040, 0.058] |
Orthodontics | 2265 (5 %) | 1229 | 736 | 0.63 [0.60, 0.65] | 80 | 545 | 0.13 [0.10, 0.16] |
Implantology | 553 (1 %) | 267 | 170 | 0.61 [0.57, 0.66] | 19 | 113 | 0.15 [0.091, 0.21] |
Periodontics | 8770 (20 %) | 4666 | 3048 | 0.60 [0.59, 0.62] | 298 | 2074 | 0.13 [0.11, 0.14] |
Cariology | 945 (2 %) | 565 | 280 | 0.67 [0.64, 0.70] | 24 | 189 | 0.12 [0.075, 0.16] |
Oral Hygiene | 438 (1 %) | 242 | 146 | 0.62 [0.58, 0.67] | 16 | 89 | 0.16 [0.091, 0.23] |
Prosthodontics | 2231 (5 %) | 1311 | 493 | 0.73 [0.71, 0.75] | 33 | 338 | 0.09 [0.062, 0.12] |