What's the biggest yes-yes when you are a PhD student?

The answer to this question will vary depending on the interpretation of what “yes-yes” means. For me, I interpret it as the “ah-ha” moment. Based on this, for me, my ah-ha moment was during data analysis.

To explain, while somewhat technical, I was conducting a quantitative dissertation correlating two independent (IVs) to one dependent (DV) variable. The paired correlations between the IVs and DV were expected, but what was unexpected, and thus my “ah-ha” moment was that the correlation between one of the pairs was shown to be insignificant in the presence of the other paired relationship - as revealed through multiple regression with all variable tested simultaneously.

In my experience serving as committee chair/advisor, along with my role as a dissertation coach, I’ve observed this with many students, and frequently ask this question during their oral defense. What was your “ah-ha” moment? What did you find through your research that you did not expect?

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