Tag: doing research

In the sciences, often we are faced with the difficult problem of not being able to explicitly measure what we theorize about. For example, it is impossible to measure things like ‘love,’...

Sometimes when you are doing research as a graduate student, you want to work on another project with a professor at another university. You might really like their work, gravitate towards their...

All doctoral students must learn how to become more productive researchers. This will come with time, but there are ways to increase your productivity even at the earliest stages of your academic...

Doing research is about working every day. There is no magic to doing research. The magic is your ability to keep working at it, even when you are down. As my PhD advisor once said, "It takes a lot...

If you are anything like me, you might be wondering if academia is worth it. Is it really worth all of the trouble. Few studies after get published in 'good' journals. Of these, only a handful...

In academic work the standard and most widely accepted font is Times New Roman 12-point font size. But your most important consideration for presentation should be any standards or guidelines you...