Abstract
By an error of transcription from the James Lind Library to RSM Press, the following
correction should be made to the article “Recognizing, investigation and dealing with
incomplete and biased reporting of clinical research: from Francis Bacon to the WHO.”
(Authors Kay Dickersin and Iain Chalmers in J R Soc Med
2011;
“It is also possible that industry is more likely to design studies with a high likelihood of a positive outcome, for example, by selecting a comparison population likely to yield results favouring the product.83,84 This is clearly ethical.”
should read:
“It is also possible that industry is more likely to design studies with a high likelihood of a positive outcome, for example, by selecting a comparison population likely to yield results favouring the product.83,84 Neither of these actions is ethical.”