Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Education And Debate

Effect of interpretive bias on research evidence

BMJ 2003; 326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7404.1453 (Published 26 June 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;326:1453

Rapid Response:

Donor's desirability bias

Sir,
I agree with the author that research outcome seems to be affected by what
the researcher looking. Similarly development of idea and study design
also get affected with the donor's desire and amount of allocated
resources- a donor's/ sponsor'sdesribality bias.

Competing interests:  
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

12 July 2003
Syed Abdul Mujeeb
Asstt.Prof/AIDS Surveillance Center,
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi,75510, Pakistan