Palmer, Tom M.; Peters, Jaime L.; Sutton, Alex J.; … - In: Stata Journal 8 (2008) 2, pp. 242-254
the appearance of a funnel plot is often interpreted as being caused by publication bias, in reality the asymmetry could … it is possible that the asymmetry is due to publication bias. If studies appear to be missing in areas of high … statistical significance, then publication bias is a less likely cause of the funnel asymmetry. It is proposed that this …