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The phrase "negative findings" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are discussing research results which do not support the hypothesis or show a lack of success. For example: "The study produced no positive results and several negative findings."
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Referring to a fourth, he said, "We must find a way to diminish the negative findings.
But the negative findings suggest it is time to rein in this fruitless quest.
See also: Freudenstalke (to take pleasure in negative findings).
Similar negative findings were found for associations with depression and suicide, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, and cardiovascular disease.
"We can't say too much about the negative findings because that might just be a lack of data," he says.
Many deleted passages included negative findings about continuing problems in the department's hiring, retention and treatment of minority employees.
While multinational companies in industries from garments to electronics say they investigate allegations of abuse in their supply chains, they rarely share negative findings.
(And they sound all the duller for being called "negative findings", rather than being framed as positive discoveries that some ideas won't fly).
When lives are not directly at stake, however, it might be difficult to publish more negative findings in other areas of science.
It is a corruptible process: if you bring back negative findings or blow the whistle you are unlikely to be reemployed.
Yet through publication in the leading dental journal, the research helped Bextra's marketers shift attention away from the F.D.A.'s negative findings.
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