• peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m not a doctor, and I’m not a researcher in any field, but I do recall reading plenty of null studies when I had access to the catalogs.

    Are publishers only publishing positive stories now?

    • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      In my field they do publish results without success, but it must either be (a) something seminal in the field or (b) interesting in a notable way. General things aren’t going to have the juice to get through the review process. One exception to this is the shotgun method. If you’re testing a bunch of different things that get at the same question and they all miss, you might still get published, but that’s because it’s adjacent to (b).