Negative Results Phd Thesis. I know it is disheartening when your hypothesis is not supported by your results. Browse other questions tagged phd research-process thesis advisor negative-results or ask your own question.
I knew about PLoS One but it is too expensive for my taste. Besides my advisors and co-authors I would like to thank the reviewers of various stages of my PhD thesis. Ive been asked this question a few times recently how do you or should you include negative results in your thesis This one is really easy to answer but for some it is not an easy answer to hear.
Rewards in science are tightly connected to publishing and journals such as Nature only report positive results.
Some negative results do advance human knowledge. Reporting negative results in your PhD thesis. Some negative results are interesting but most mean nothing. What you have is results that negate your initial hypothesis.