Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/323248 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
I4R Discussion Paper Series No. 254
Publisher: 
Institute for Replication (I4R), s.l.
Abstract: 
How efficiently do scientific results make their way into the wider world? Applying multiple methods to the universe of hypothesis tests reported in three leading health journals between 2016 and 2022 we evidence the important role of statistical significance as a driver of popular attention to research results. For example, a research finding with significance that places it marginally inside the arbitrary 5% threshold attracts 60 to 110% more real world attention than one with significance marginally outside that threshold. We explore underlying mechanisms and argue that the results have important implications for the (in)efficiency of science translation.
Subjects: 
Hypothesis testing
Statistical significance
Knowledge mobilization
Popular science
News Media
Social Media
p-Hacking
Publication bias
Research credibility
JEL: 
B41
C12
I10
L82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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