Conducting a research work is a critical task that each and every researcher across the world has to undertake and most of them complete the work successfully. In this journey, there are many predicaments, which a researcher has to encounter, and in most of the cases, the researcher does not have any clue to overcome those predicaments. The predicaments can be in terms of review of literature, collection of data, rectifying the errors present in data, choice of proper research methodology, interpretation of complex results, etc. Therefore, in the course of this journey, every researcher requires a proper guidance, and this role is being played by the supervisor of the research work.

In order to carry out a research work in the smoothest way, a researcher has to communicate with the research supervisor on a regular basis, as that person is already having ample amount of experience regarding research in that field, which can assist the researcher in the due course of the journey. First, a research supervisor knows the existing body of knowledge on the broad area of that particular topic. Therefore, he / she can suggest the suitable literature for the specific research area. Second, due to the experience of the supervisor in the field of academics, the network of the supervisor with other academicians and researchers across the world is supposed to be strong. Any researcher, working under the supervision of that faculty, can exploit those networks for the betterment of the study, for finding out best conferences in that domain across the world, for funding opportunities, and for finding out possible publication opportunities. In a nutshell, a supervisor is not the one, who will only review the work, but a person, who will facilitate the study in all possible ways. For more information about importance supervisors in academics, kindly browse through the pages of www.phdassistant.com.

There are few errors committed on part of the respondents during interviews which could bias the results. The aim of the researcher should be to minimise the probability of such mistakes.

It is because of respondents’ poor recall that they may give incorrect answers. Such questions should be avoided that put a strain on respondents’ mind and he/she feels stress while answering. Any inconsistency should be cross checked regarding respondents’ exaggerated and dishonest answers. It may also happen that the question may not be clear to the respondent and may get inhibition in asking again thus giving wrong answer. In such a case the investigator should be making sure that the respondents clearly understand the content and context of the questionnaire.

There are times when respondents do not understand the purpose of the study clearly. Therefore, to avoid such a problem the objectives of the survey should be clearly made to understand so that there is no scope for ambiguity left. The identity of the interviewer and sponsor, requirement from the respondent should be explained before the interview. Sometimes the respondents may give answers that are expected by the researchers and it may get prejudiced as the interviewees may not like to be discourteous. Therefore, a good environment should be created for the interview to be conducted properly giving comfort to the respondents. This would give fair response to the interviewers.