The twelve days of Christmas

"For many people around the world, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, from the candlelit chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, marks the beginning of Christmas." 

Fuse don't have a choir, an organ, or a college chapel. But we have commissioned a new Christmas carol from Lisa Anderson to mark the festive season.

The tune should be obvious.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my research gave to me…

Twelve stressed PhD’ers
Eleven hours of transcripts (and counting)
Ten ethics form errors (only!)
Nine analysis methods
Eight journal rejections (argh)
Seven policy outcomes (zzz)
Six backs are aching
Five sleepless nights
Four logic models
Three degrees of freedom
Two frozen shoulders
And a cluster analysis tree!!!