A well-designed negative result can be a contribution if the question mattered and the method was sound. The failure mode is hiding it or quietly switching hypotheses after seeing the data.
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Is a negative result acceptable in a PhD?
Example of the kind of research problem you can ask on PhDSOS.
The hypothesis is not supporting. Am I in trouble?
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