Logo Logo
  • Home
  • Research Suite
    • REAP
      • Sample size calculator
      • Data capture tool
      • Real time data analysis
      • Chat support
    • RMS
      • Centralized Project Pipeline
      • Create & manage committees
      • Process dashboard
      • Output Dashboard
  • Academy
  • Events
  • Resources
    • Blogs
    • Video resources
  • Our Teams
    • Leadership
  • Pricing
  • Try for free
  • Sign in

Contact Info

  • Email Info@gmail.com
  • Phone +123 456 7890
  • Office Hours Sat - Wed : 8:00 - 4:00

Additional Links

  • Abusive Behaviour Policy
  • Academy
  • Chat support
  • coGuide Academy schedule access
  • coGuide Events
  • coGuide official information
  • coGuide Subscription video
  • coGuide Terms Update Summary
  • coGuide’s Research Optimisation suite
  • Complete process video
  • content gallery guidelines and terms
  • Content use policy
  • Cookie notice
  • CPD
  • CPRL
  • Create and manage committees
  • creating project video
  • CREW
  • Data analysis
  • Data Capture tool
  • Data Editing
  • Data entry video
  • data processing addendum
  • DMCA policy
  • Event registration
  • Event registration process video
  • event registration video
  • How to get expected values for sample size calculation
  • how to select good thesis video
  • Individual Researcher / Developer terms
  • Intervention Study
  • Leadership
  • License aknowledgements
  • Marketing program participant terms
  • Master-service-agreement
  • objective wizard video
  • Our Blog
  • Our Blog Three Column
  • Our Blog Two Column
  • Our Blog Without Sidebar
  • Output Dashboard
    • Sample size video
  • Page With Default Template
  • Personal terms of use
  • Pricing
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Process Dashboard
  • Real time Data Analysis
  • REAP
  • research made easy and fun
  • research/thesis with REAP
  • RMS
  • RMS comittee member video
  • RMS cordinator
  • RMS researcher video
  • Sample size calculator
  • Sample size video
  • Sensible Thesis Execution
  • Service level terms
  • smart way of doing thesis
  • subscription
  • subscriptions video
  • terms and privacy
  • Title in picos video
  • title wizard
  • title wizard video
  • TypeofErrors
  • Typeofvariables
  • Variable Selection and New variables Request
  • Video resources
  • what is coGuide
  • what is thesis and why thesis
  • why research for a UG?

Connect With Us

My Research Journey

  • Home
  • Blog Details
March 22 2022
  • coGuide tutorials
My Research Journey: Imagined a pleasant walk in the garden, turned out to be a marathon with hurdles
I still remember the sense of excitement, when I was heading for the first meeting with my guide to discuss my research topic. Thought of learning the research skills and possibility of discovering something new made me restless with excitement. Initial discussions were about my interest area of research, existing evidence and gaps in the existing evidence, possible research questions we should pursue etc. My excitement levels were further enhanced..
Once we finalized our research question things have taken a sudden turn away from science.
Appropriateness of the language and proper construction of statements with good English was the first task. Then I had to contact the statistician and work with a sample size calculator tool to determine my experiment design and suitable sample size I had to download and start using a “reference management” software as I had to provide citation and write bibliography in a particular style My draft proposals used to come back from my mentor with few scientific inputs and lot of inputs on spelling, grammar and language.
I felt somewhere science was taking the backseat..
It didn’t stop there..I had to master spreadsheet, a statistical tool for data analysis, had to learn some document process skills ..all very unpleasant and with a steep learning curve. Was at mercy of statisticians multiple times.. With every encounter ending like a conversation between “Donald Trump” and an illiterate villager from a non-English speaking country..we never understood each other.. After a while I could see the science only from a distance as I was struggling to master these multiple essential tools of research ..not critical thinking..not experimental skills in lab..not deep scientific aspects of my subject..but primarily “a bunch of unrelated software tools”
I was crying ..
Can someone simplify these technical aspects of conducting research? So that I can focus more on my science…
Previous Post Next Post

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Recent Posts

  • Selecting the right journal for publication- Factors to be considered
  • Sample size! Is it really a tough cookie in Research? Understanding the essence of estimating Sample size
  • Framing the title and abstract of your paper
  • Making Sense of Every researcher’s obsession: impact factor
  • Discussion’!! But I am the only one writing – Key points to write ‘Thesis Discussion

Recent Comments

  1. N D on Study design specific guidelines; To enhance chances of publication
  2. mmr on Study design specific guidelines; To enhance chances of publication
  3. Sangeetha on When can I claim authorship in an article or manuscript?
  4. Priya on When can I claim authorship in an article or manuscript?
  5. murali reddy on When can I claim authorship in an article or manuscript?

Archives

  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • July 2022
  • May 2022
  • March 2022

Categories

  • Analysis
  • coGuide tutorials
  • data
  • Product features
  • Research trends
  • Research Updates
  • Thesis support
  • Uncategorized

Categories

  • Analysis
  • coGuide tutorials
  • data
  • Product features
  • Research trends
  • Research Updates
  • Thesis support
  • Uncategorized

Tags

Analysis data analysis data collection external blogs journal selection protocol writing Research basics Research News research question sample size sample size calculation thesis thesis execution thesis problems
Logo

Integrated Research Suite for every researcher.

REAP

  • Sample Size
  • Data Capture
  • Data Analysis
  • Chat Support
  • Title & Objective Widgets
  • Doc Editor
  • Notes Manager
  • Reference Manager

RMS

  • Centralized Project Pipeline
  • Create and manage committees
  • Process dashboard
  • Output dashboard
  • Acadamy:
  • CREW
  • CPRL
  • CCP
  • CPD

Contact Info

Balaa Decision support systems private limited #302, Rama Villas, 1st cross, HSR Layout, Bangalore, Karnataka, India-560102

  • Email: support@coguide.in
  • Contact: +91 9000524444

©2022 Balaa Decision support systems private limited. All rights reserved.

  • Team
  • Pricing
  • Blogs
  • Communities