should I be happy if my data gives me a null hypothesis? I mean,

bump I guess

>>8388238
You should never be happy in research
This isn't a grateful dead concert you filthy hippie

>>8388314
t. bitter loser who entered grad school because he couldn't find a job

>null hypothesis that contradicts the literature
what the fuck are you doing

>>8389336
>literature says there is a relationship
>my data says there isn't

I don't see where I committed the mistake. english is not my native language btw

>>8389353
oh then you're good.

failure to reject the null, though, does not necessarily mean the literature is wrong though - it might be a case of an effect too small to observe in your assay

>>8389387
>it might be a case of an effect too small to observe in your assay

well that is an even bigger fear of mine. it wouldn't either reject or support the hypothesis. it's just useless work. I almost want to shove an even bigger dose of the drug in the rats just to be sure.

>>8389400
Increase the sample size if you can
Hotly contested fields are ripe for useful, rigorous contributions, and independent funding is influential. If your paper becomes part of the eventual consensus you will get cited quite a bit.
Play it carefully and don't go fishing

>>8389566
>If your paper becomes part of the eventual consensus you will get cited quite a bit.

I seriously hope so.

>Increase the sample size if you can
I got like 15 rodents for each group and my funding is pretty limited. a lot of people used really high dosages of the molecule because it's very safe and has very minor side effects, so I feel very tempted to use a high dosage as well, even though other papers used smaller dosages and still got results. the thing is, as the dosage increases, so does the costs.

fuck scientific life. seriously.

>>8388238
That image is fucked up.

>>8391844
>That image is fucking metal.
FTFY