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Confirm
your hypotheses gratifying but doesnt
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mean
you are a better epidemiologist than if they
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Refute
your hypotheses annoying, but not a
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cause
for shame or mourning
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Be
inconclusive may be embarrassing unless you
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knew
in front that your dataset had limitations
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(e.g.,
small sample size, narrow range of
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exposures,
etc.)
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Surprise
you report surprises as hypothesis
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generating . .
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