Jamila conducts a meta-analysis to analyze results from hundreds of studies on gender and intelligence.She finds no significant gender differences and decides to discard this work,so that she can focus on research that does identify significant differences.Jamila's decision to not publish her work on nonsignificant findings is known as the _____ problem.

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Jamila's decision not to publish work on nonsignificant findings is known as the file drawer problem, which refers to the practice of researchers only publishing studies and results that are statistically significant, while leaving out studies with nonsignificant findings. This can lead to a bias in the published literature, giving a skewed view of the actual state of research on a topic.

Jamila Conducts a Meta-Analysis to Analyze Results from Hundreds of Studies