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Re:Effect size is significantly more important than statisti... by TOMDM on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:00PM (#28534312)
I think what's being pointed out is that "researchers" could pump out hundreds of easy to test negatives every day if a negative result was just as incentivised.

I do agree though, negatives are just as important when the intent is to prove/disprove a meaningful hypothosis.

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Re:Effect size is significantly more important than statisti... by kuhewa on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:28AM (#28535564)
A negative result won't make a career. I don't think there's much danger when requiring negative results going onto a repository of over incentivising negative results. You can't mandate Nature or Cell publishes negative results.
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