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  • How to recover when your core experimental hypothesis gets completely disproven

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    It can be demotivating when your main research hypothesis is fully contradicted by solid experimental evidence. How do you pivot your project constructively without discarding all your prior work?

    Ethan Cook, Eric Young and 26 others
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    • Preserve all intermediate data, they can support alternative secondary research questions.

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      • Discuss with supervisors quickly to adjust your overall project scope.

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