Why Are Pitfalls Inevitable in a Ph.D.?
摘要
As a Ph.D. student, you are expected to create a new knowledge network through your prospective Ph.D. dissertation that would be linked to its references. Since the state-of-the-art knowledge network varies over time and every Ph.D. dissertation addresses a unique research problem(s), the corresponding knowledge network is unique, making the dissemination of any Ph.D. dissertation fundamentally indeterministic. This translates to various Ph.D. pitfalls throughout your Ph.D. study. Accordingly, this chapter underscores the inevitability of Ph.D. pitfalls, the determinants of your Ph.D. experience, the tradeoffs of a Ph.D., why you will surely succeed with your Ph.D., and a specific checklist for your smooth Ph.D. journey.