Sentence examples for a spurious result from inspiring English sources

It is likely that this is at least partly a spurious result, given subgroups were small and heterogeneity was high in all of them.

Recruitment setting seemed to have an influence on ESs in comparisons between VR-enhanced and control conditions, with smaller effects for recruitment from army settings, but this may also be a spurious result since some of the subgroups contained a very limited number of studies.

We speculated that TB cases might have weakened antibody responses, causing us to have a spurious result.

Finally, the differences in overall brain size between migratory and resident species could be a spurious result caused by confounding factors and/or systematic errors in the brain size measures [27].

For Bayesian trees, a moderate relationship exists (y = −0.0634x+0.0437, r2 = 0.396, P<0.05), but this is probably a spurious result stemming from two artifacts –this method's sensitivity even when few outgroups are included, and the lack in this subset of trees with a high proportion of outgroups.

The current report is relatively small, increasing the potential for a spurious result.

Does this represent a true increase in BMD or a spurious effect resulting from the remodelling of the intervertebral disc, with likely secondary changes in the vertebral endplate 6?

Observational studies can be upgraded to moderate or high quality if such studies yield large effects and there is no obvious bias explaining those effects; all plausible confounding factors would reduce a demonstrated effect or suggest a spurious effect when results show no effect and/or if there is evidence of a dose-response gradient.

Confounders minimize the demonstrated effect: The evidence stream was rated up if consideration of plausible residual confounders or biases would only reduce the magnitude of the observed effect, or would suggest a spurious effect when results show no effect.

We conclude that the SHG signal at PZT and LiTaO3 DWs is not a spurious effect, but a result of the particular internal polarization structure of the DWs.

Skewed results showing a spurious effect can alter clinical practice and potentially harm patients as ineffective medication may be prescribed which would expose patients to risks of medication without the benefits.