Dear Dr. Mohammed,

It would be frustrating. I will try to modify the research idea or publish the negative results as they are. Negative results may help other researchers not to try again in the same way.

Regards

Rama

Very nice question that should be discussed by researchers.

Dear Dr. Mohammed,

It would be frustrating. I will try to modify the research idea or publish the negative results as they are. Negative results may help other researchers not to try again in the same way.

Regards

Rama

Results negative or positive, try to disseminate them, as they are in reality; never try to manipulate data to convert insignificant results to significant, as I have experienced that significant p value can be obtained easily through unethical manipulation of data.

الحقيقة انه في العلوم الإنسانية وخاصة مجال العلاقات الدولية حتى في حالة ظهور نتائج سلبية قد يكون لها مؤيدين وبذلك يصل البحث إلى نتائج إيجابية عن طريق إبراز نظرياتهم .اما في الجانب العلمي فإن التوصل إلى نتائج سلبية اعتقد انه في كل الأحوال يرضي الباحث لكونه قائم على أسس موضوعية

The truth is that in the humanities, especially in the field of international relations, even in the case of negative results, they may have supporters, and thus the search results in positive results by highlighting their theories. On the scientific side, reaching negative results, I think that in all cases satisfies the researcher because it is based on the basis Objectivity

If the research results are not satisfactory after a great effort . I try to think positively and find the appropriate solutions.

I will be surprised at the first time .then I will try to review the idea of ​​ the research and find reasons and solutions. I would like to point out that it is not necessarily that the results of the research should be positive may be negative for the simple reason that it is research.

None of our work goes waste even though it shows up a negative result. People may be frustrated in the beginning, but that stage strengthen our research skill, which tempts us to dive deeper to rectify the uncertainty sections. It it not necessary to show 100% uniqueness, even 0.1% unique development will result in a drastic change and acceptance.

Negetive results are also the research outcome just as its positive Counterpart. Not necessarily the research hypothesis always need to reflect positive output.The negetive results are acceptable as well for special Cases.

Dear Dr. Mohammed,

I agree with Dr. Rama, you have to publish the negative results as they are because it helps other researchers not to try again in the same way.

Best Regards

Dear Omar Hazem MOHAMMED ,

Do you know a journal to publish the research without positive results? Publishing of this kind of research is not right.

It is okay to publish negative results so long as you explain what you anticipated and what you arrived at, explaining why the differences. Also propose at the end scope for further research following these negative findings outlining how you will tackle the problem new or re-frame the research question. The new findings can be published in a separate paper.

I completely agree with Srini Vasan. Whatever the result may be,sometimes the overarching methodological approach adopted can be more important than the outcome. If negetive result equipped with proper explanationvof why this result has come and what was the method of obtaining it, for sure it would be helpful for prospective researcher of that very field.

I agree with Dr.Javan Doloe , it's so hard to find journal published negative results.

Dear colleagues, thanks very much to all of you for your sincerely opinions

Best regards

Each failure is one step towards success. In my opinion, one should not get frustrated with negetive results. Comtinue Work hard and the success is at your door step.

Modify the algorithm and method which I uesd.

The discussion thread is really stimulating and motivated me to search for the possibility of publishing negative results. I came across the links http://www.negative-results.org/, https://jnrbm.biomedcentral.com/ and http://www.jnr-eeb.org/index.php/jnr. From a first viewpoint, it seems that there is such a possibility.

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When a researcher is faced with a negative result . Then should revise all steps of work to find problems that leading unacceptable results.

Yes, some (or many) unacceptable results may be the outcome of a serious weakness of the research. However, if this is not the case, these 'strange' results, if supported suitably, may lead to something really good.

I do not quite understand what an "unsatisfactory or negative" result is. Any result of the research is a reflection of reality. I see only one options: starting an experiment you assumed a certain result. The reality is more difficult ... In this case defining the result as "negative" is an emotional assessment. This assessment does not refer to the actual result, but rather to your expectations, predictive ability, intuition, etc.

As for publication, completely different criteria work here. Are your "negative" results meaningful, new, non-obvious not only for you, but also for most researchers? I knew one head of the laboratory who instructed his staff: "Every sneeze of yours should finish by publication." Those, he had a non-waste production. Understanding him completely (he was interested in a large number of laboratory publications), I do not support this trend. The publication must be substantial, regardless of whether it reports “negative” or “positive” results.

Sometimes, ''unsatisfactory'' results become very satisfactory, especially, after their publication in reputed journals.

Dear Dr. Aristidis Matsoukis, when you submit a such paper to a journal , peer review do not accept for publishing it , the results should be positive and clear .

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Yes, dear Mohammed N. J. Alzaidy, I understand what you wrote. I agree that the results should be clear. Under the context of my previous post, ''unsatisfactory'' means satisfactory finally.

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In the first answer, I tried to explain that the opposition "positive" - "negative" exists only for the author and reflect his own subjective view and expectations. In fact, the results are divided according to the principles of "significant" - "insignificant", "substantial" - "negligible", "mainstream" - "marginal" etc., these categories introduce not only the author's intentions, but also the interests of the scientific community as well as current state of research, ie little bit more objective criteria.

It is very strange to talk about something without agreeing on basic terms.

By the way, I have seen many publications of "negative" results, this is quite possible if you find a scientific meaning in this. In the same way, many reformulate tasks on the basis of the results so that these results look as "positive."

The last three posts, especially, the latter one, was a good opportunity for me to search and find one of my published papers, in which, there are statistically non-significant results (table 1, last two columns) among others, in other words, negative ones, if I understand well. I hope the attached paper to be helpful.

seeking about the reasons, making another samples, or eliminate some variables

Dear colleagues, many thanks to all of you for your sincerely opinions

Regards

Mohammed

Attached, there is another one of my published papers in which there are statistically non-significant results (table 1, third column). That is to say, negative results may be printable.

I see the answers are mainly focused on publication of results. We do not do research for the only purpose to publish papers. I think if the results are negative simply the methodology does not work and this is the answer. We, as scholars do not need to modify, eliminate, or hide such test results, it is not ethical. We have to face the truth and discuss them, then find an explanation and propose a new methodology.

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Dear Dr. Aristidis Matsoukis , thank-you for your contribution and exhibit your papers as examples for such case .

Regards

Dear Dr. Mousa Bani Baker, you see the answers, they focused on publication of results. I agree with you , this is because if the paper published in a specific journal, then every researcher can see and benefit from it.

Dear Dr. Madhu Bala, when you do a specific research, you will have several researches about the same subject , so you can expect your results how should they be depending on these researches, but may be show in agreement with the researches , so in such case it will be unsatisfactory .

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Result of research is not answer . you have finished your reserch by yourself and the other reseacher applied in the other situation

I think you need to just report it.

Publish what you found during the research, etc.

I would like to thank all researchers who shared their contribution and opinions with this discussion. Best regards

Publish, share, recommend and follow

Do not think that negative results are always rubbish. You may discover one day that these negative results are the true one.

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This may depend on the type of research, they are ultimately our findings whether expected (positive) or unexpected (negative)

This a very interesting question, with a range of insightful comments. I believe the answer depends on the type of research and the level of analysis. If the aim is to replicate a previously observed result, then a careful comparison of the methods allows one to exclude methodological differences as the issue and accept the results. If the tested hypothesis is new, then updating the prior assumption with the observed is the only logical solution provided the applied method is robust for the question.

It is not completely clear the usefulness of the comment "unsatisfactory/negative results" in the context of research since one usually ignores a load of things to make a precise measurement.

Hi,

I haven't encountered such dissatisfaction before, but I think it is better you keep what you have reached at, or go back and modify your research hypotheses, questions or the tool you used.

Hi Mohammed, thanks for this interesting question. I would rather report the negative result as it came out because it can guide the future researchers on how to or not conduct an investigation or experiment. I think the challenge with some of us researchers is that we usually start a research project with a pre-conceived outcome which can lead to disappointment when the result go the other way.