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You still have to give out the statistics that show the null result. E.g. something with a high p-value. You are in fact "confirming the null hypothesis". They
by jampekka 3y ago
You still have to give out the statistics that show the null result. E.g. something with a high p-value. You are in fact "confirming the null hypothesis". They aren't any more difficult to replicate than results supporting "the alternative hypothesis".
(The whole binary hypothesis system and culture is a mess though, but that's besides the point.)
- true_religion 3y agoThis is true. However, I think that no one will do the scut work necessary to find that a null result was faked, and even if they do since you the researcher got very little status out of it then it’s believable that you made a mistake, and didn’t falsify data.
- jampekka 3y agoProbably not, especially as null results are almost impossible to publish (which is mad).