Why It is (probably) Not Your Fault if Your Studies Do Not Work Out.

Early career researchers, because of their role in data collection and analysis, are often first to experience the emotional impact of null or nonreplicable results. In this article, we lift the veil on null results by presenting their causes (i.e., low prior probability of the hypothesis, theoretical ambiguity) and consequences and offer early career researchers-especially researchers at less wealthy institutions-tools to deal with null results.