Question

A researcher has no obligation to report contradictive findings. true or false

Answer 1

I think its true. There are a lot of one sides storys.

Answer 2

false (scientific honesty)

Answer 3

false

Answer 4

I don't know what you have been taught is ethically correct, but in practice the vast majority of so called "negative" results are not reported. To great extent they are used to define perspectives for further research - but to actually publish them as results is rare.

Funding has much to do with this. Something crazy like 3 of every 100 grant applications are funded these days - meaning that admitting your experiment went wrong basically kills any chance you have of getting money for another project.

Answer 5

There was an effort a few years ago to put together a database of all the mistakes made in crystalizing proteins - to prevent other labs wasting resources by repeating the same mistake - but the idea didn't exactly catch on.