Null Results

Null Results (otherwise known as a null hypothesis) are the lack of a measurable result or phenomenon. Null Results are a key concept in research and experimentation, as they help to distinguish between expected results and statistically significant results. Null Results also provide the basis for testing hypothesis and claims. A researcher or scientist presents a hypothesis to be tested and creates an experiment or study. If the results of the experiment or study do not support the hypothesis, then it is said to have yielded null results. In this case, the null result is not necessarily evidence against the hypothesis; it simply tells us that the data from the experiment or study does not support the hypothesis.