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A citation analysis of (f)MRI papers that cited Lieberman and Cunningham (2009) to justify their statistical threshold

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Introduction: In current neuroimaging studies, the mainstream practice is to report results corrected for multiple comparisons to control for false positives. In 2009, Lieberman and Cunningham published a highly cited report that promotes the use of uncorrected statistical thresholds to balance Types I and II error rates. This paper aims to review recent studies that cited this report, investigating whether the citations were to justify the use of uncorrected statistical thresholds, and if their uncorrected thresholds adhered to the recommended defaults. Methods: The Web of Science Core Collection online database was queried to identify original articles published during 2019–2022 that cited the report. Results: It was found that the majority of the citing papers (152/225, 67.6%) used the citation to justify their statistical threshold setting. However, only 19.7% of these 152 papers strictly followed the recommended uncorrected P (Punc)

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  • Andy Wai Kan Yeung, 2024. "A citation analysis of (f)MRI papers that cited Lieberman and Cunningham (2009) to justify their statistical threshold," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(9), pages 1-9, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0309813
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309813
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