In the early stages, be prepared to triage what you thought was going to be your thesis analysis. Sometimes the experimental resolution is just not good enough; don’t spend six months trying one “maybe this will work” after another. Six weeks, ok; not months. Write it up as “we couldn’t do this” and then find a different topic.
In the early stages, be prepared to triage what you thought was going to be your thesis analysis. Sometimes the experimental resolution is just not good enough; don’t spend six months trying one “maybe this will work” after another. Six weeks, ok; not months. Write it up as “we couldn’t do this” and then find a different topic.