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Subject: What fraction of Ph.D. oral defences end up in failure?
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Asked by: billbauer-ga
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Posted: 16 Dec 2005 08:17 PST
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What fraction of Ph.D. oral defences end up in failure (the thesis
being rejected)?  What fraction of Economics Ph.D. oral defences end
up in failure?

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Subject: Re: What fraction of Ph.D. oral defences end up in failure?
From: fstokens-ga on 20 Dec 2005 16:24 PST

Most advisors will not let their students defend unless the advisor
thinks the student is ready.  In the unusual cases where a student
"fails" the student can usually try again after a while.  While I have
not seen any statistics, and I'm sure it varies in different fields
and universities, I think that most PHD "failures" are due to leaving
the program (for whatever reason) rather than to failing the oral
defense.

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