I've been doing a clinical research project this summer and can get course credit for it. However, it has been uneventful and I've been getting a lot of negative and contradictory results that don't really make much sense. I ran every single analysis there is to possibly run and it's still hard to explain the findings. I think it's mostly because the sample size of the database I used was small.
It's a continuation of a project I did last summer that I also got course credit (pass/fail) for and I feel like I don't have much to add on to last year's research except negative/contradictory data, so most of the main significant findings are the same in the paper I'm turning in (same prof grades both). Since the class factors into my GPA, I don't want to risk signing up for the class if the quality of my research is going to bring down my grade. so right now i'm deciding if I should just write the paper and turn it in or just forget about it
If anyone has taken independent research that's graded, did you get graded on the quality of your results or only for your ability to write a scientific paper despite bad results?
It's a continuation of a project I did last summer that I also got course credit (pass/fail) for and I feel like I don't have much to add on to last year's research except negative/contradictory data, so most of the main significant findings are the same in the paper I'm turning in (same prof grades both). Since the class factors into my GPA, I don't want to risk signing up for the class if the quality of my research is going to bring down my grade. so right now i'm deciding if I should just write the paper and turn it in or just forget about it
If anyone has taken independent research that's graded, did you get graded on the quality of your results or only for your ability to write a scientific paper despite bad results?
