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This is a common problem for PhD students. In your situation, I would look at socializing away from your PhD, something else all together. Do you have any other interests?
The easiest way to make friends is to get a job. Could you get a job or volunteer for half a day week? That may help build your social life and ease the isolation.
If I had a child with a medical condition during my PhD, I would have quit too. So it is completely understanble that you quite, prospective employers will understand that.
You really do need to be kinder to yourself. Have you thought of getting some counselling via your GP? I think it will help you come to terms with your loss (of the PhD) and boost your self confidence.
Best of luck with your application Zutterfly! Looks like you are still progressing well. Are you off on holiday soon?
My supervisor is not strict on deadlines at all, in fact all my deadlines are self-imposed and I am much stricter to myself. But I worry sometimes that in an effort to meet my own set deadlines I may rush through the work which is dangerous. Chickpea, I think its better to take a bit longer and get it done properly in the first stage rather than having to do multiple revisions which takes an absolute age!
Like at the moment, I've spent two weeks making corrections and amendments to a chapter. It only took me 4 weeks to write it up initially but amendments in comparison are taking so long. I did not take this into account when setting deadlines for other chapters!
It depends - have you got the info about your study on your official uni website? I would put something up.
Which sampling method are you using? Convenience? Snowball?
If you already know these people over Twitter, I would probably informally contact to see if they want to take part, and maybe link to the said web page for more info? I would be more likely to respond if someone informally asked me first, feels more personal than receiving a mass email.
Or you could get a gatekeeper to recruit for you. So ask your professor/supervisor to email on your behalf. It really depends on who you are trying to recruit.
Thanks Sarah :)
I have 5 questions that have possible responses Yes, No, Don't know.
There's a large % of people who have responded with Don't know for all 5 questions and the % is similar across all questions. I want to work out whether it is the same people (and to what extent) across all 5 who have responded with Don't know. Is there a way to work this out?
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