6 Tips to Save Yourself From Committing Blunders in Data Analysis Stage of Research

In a research process, data analysis is considered as a crucial aspect as it helps in structuring the findings and provides meaningful insights to the critical decisions. In this step, cleaned data is put into analysis tools for identifying patterns, formulating results so as to make meaningful inferences and conclusions.   Conducting data analysis is … Continue reading “6 Tips to Save Yourself From Committing Blunders in Data Analysis Stage of Research”

Can you manipulate your primary data to accept the right hypothesis?

Should you manipulate your primary data to accept the right hypothesis is an extension to the above question, where we could bring in ethics, beyond the technique. In the informal lingua of research, the practice of creating false data or creating selective reporting of data according to requirement is called as “data fudging”. One of … Continue reading “Can you manipulate your primary data to accept the right hypothesis?”

Do not abandon your social life for your Ph.D.

It is a culture for Ph.D. scholars to move away from a social life during the course of the programme, at least at one time. With so many deadlines approaching and the pressure to perform at varied platforms, so many times in the tenure of the Ph.D.; often scholars live under the psychological pressure and … Continue reading “Do not abandon your social life for your Ph.D.”

The skills of a Ph.D. that can help him flourish outside academia too!

If you are pursuing your Ph.D. or have already completed, believe it, the future is all yours. The only way that you may not climb upwards on the ladder of success or growth is that you don’t let yourself do that. Having a Ph.D. gives you the great advantage over other candidates in many of … Continue reading “The skills of a Ph.D. that can help him flourish outside academia too!”

In a conference: How to handle the questions that follow your presentation?

A conference is a serious affair and your research is serious business too. You surely prepare hard and toil a lot, to not only create the research, but also present it effectively in the conference, so that none of the unique features and specialities of your research get unnoticed. But, how much do you actually … Continue reading “In a conference: How to handle the questions that follow your presentation?”