The results of the methods used by Hilgard,Engelhardt, and Rouder tended to not converge well with the results of the methods we used,indicating potentially poor performance. We therefore conclude that violent video game effectsshould remain a societal concern.
In the paper the authors reanalyze Hilgard, Engelhardt, and Rouder’s analysis of the publication bias in studies reporting on the effects of video games on children and use multiple different techniques to determine the validity of the studies data.