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My assumptions failed. Is the study ruined?

Usually not. Most assumption violations have a recognized remedy, a transformation, a robust alternative, or a non-parametric equivalent, and the committee's real question is whether you noticed and what you did about it. Silence is the problem, not the violation.

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