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Collated responses given by students, 13 (n=66) and supervisors (n=158); multiple answers were possible. Questions marked with * were only asked in the student survey; questions marked with # were only asked in the supervisor survey. According to supervisors, doctoral candidates most commonly terminated projects because of unspecified personal reasons. In contrast, the most common reasons given by students were difficulties with methodology, including statistical problems.
