"More positive results come in early, more negative results later, and those are the ones we're starting to get now," Mr. Gallagher said.
(Though this raises the question: If there are more negative results in science than positive ones, and this is the only journal for them, is this the most selective journal in the world?).
Biosorbent obtained from jatropha endosperm + peel (E + T) had the most negative results, followed by biosorbent C, which, in its turn, had more negative results than C. Results showed that temperature increase caused an increase in the quantity of adsorbed Cd2+ due to a rise in the spontaneity of the adsorption process (Farooq et al. 2011).
The seminal work of Jacobsen et al. (1993) found strong effects of job displacement that may to a substantial part be attributed to their focus on long-tenured workers: it led to more negative results than one would find for the full sample of workers that were hit by mass layoffs and firm closures (Hijzen et al. 2010).
Of course, we have to be just as thoughtful, if not more, for such a meeting, because if we don't go into it with an open mind and humble heart, it may yield more negative results. 5. Clarify.
If there were a similar editorial bias favouring highly prestigious universities in the US – and some studies suggest that there is [9], [48] – then the more productive states (prestigious institutions) should be allowed to publish more negative results.
This freedom should increase their chances to "find" in the data what they believe to be true (see the Discussion section for a detailed analysis), which leads to the prediction that papers will report more negative results in the harder sciences than in the softer.
Three studies published subsequent to Bright et al. found somewhat more negative results.
These more negative results may be explained by the timing of these studies, as both were undertaken prior to the implementation of large public health campaigns about back pain.
