Religious priming effects appear only in published, not unpublished, studies

Evidence

It was important to test whether the classification of studies as published (k = 26) or unpublished (k = 18) influenced the overall priming effect. This moderation was significant, b = .07, [.04, .11], p < .001, and power to detect this moderating effect was >.95. A simple effects analysis shows that the religious priming effect was significant for published studies, b = . (.06, .12), p < .001, but not for unpublished studies, b = .02, (−.01, .04), p = .208. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 41

It was important to test whether the classification of studies as published (k = 26) or unpublished (k = 18) influenced the overall priming effect. This moderation was significant, b = .07, [.04, .11], p < .001, and power to detect this moderating effect was >.95. A simple effects analysis shows that the religious priming effect was significant for published studies, b = . (.06, .12), p < .001, but not for unpublished studies, b = .02, (−.01, .04), p = .208. This raises a question about whether religious priming produces an actual effect. One concern is that evidence of publication bias might indicate the occurrence of data mining in the literature. — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 41

Categorization

• QUESTION: The core threat to the entire priming effect — whether file-drawer nulls would nullify it — and whether this generalizes beyond religious priming.
• SHARE: This published-vs-unpublished split finding is exactly what a colleague running priming or social-cognition work would want to see.
• XREF: Directly central to the reading purpose on cross-category hostility transfer — publication bias qualifies the strength of any transfer effect found. — connects to: Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 108; Religious priming produces real but small and sometimes unreliable effects — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 95; Religious priming’s apparent prejudice effect exists only in published studies. — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 41 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 41

Related

• Religious priming’s apparent prejudice effect exists only in published studies. (similarity 0.94)
• Publication bias is unlikely to fully explain the religious priming effect. (similarity 0.92)
• The publication effect on priming prejudice results vanishes once confounding moderators are controlled (similarity 0.88)
• Religious priming produces real but small and sometimes unreliable effects (similarity 0.87)
• Type of religious prime may not moderate prejudice outcomes (similarity 0.85)
• A small religious-priming prejudice effect can still matter cumulatively when widespread. (similarity 0.85)
• Religious priming method does not meaningfully alter prejudice outcomes (similarity 0.84)
• Publication-status differences in priming effects disappear once correlated design variables are controlled. (similarity 0.84)
• Religious priming causally increases prejudice toward LGBT people and atheists (similarity 0.84)
• Religious priming increases prejudice more outside the United States than within it. (similarity 0.83)
• Religious priming transfers prejudice most strongly toward LGBT and atheist targets (similarity 0.82)
• Alexandra Snell, Miron Zuckerman, and Bonnie M. Le — Does Religious Priming Induce Greater Prejudice? A Meta-Analytic Review (similarity 0.81)
• Buddhist primes may reduce prejudice rather than increase it (similarity 0.81)
• Religious priming elevates prejudice against LGBT people and atheists beyond other targets. (similarity 0.81)
• Religious priming boosts prosocial behavior only for believers, not non-believers. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Religious priming’s apparent prejudice effect exists only in published studies. #expands (0.95) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 41
• Religious priming produces real but small and sometimes unreliable effects #qualifies (0.85) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 95
• Publication bias is unlikely to fully explain the religious priming effect. #contradicts (0.80) — Annetta Snell and Miron Zuckerman and Bonnie M. Le, Does Religious Priming Induce Greater…, 88
• Religion shapes behavior only when situational cues make it salient. #qualifies (0.75) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 153