How much guidance do PhD students get in a statistics or biostatistics PhD program? I want to learn how to do research (methodological and applied) and properly understand other people's research. But from what I have heard, you get very little guidance as a PhD student because that is supposed to be part of the journey to becoming an independent researcher. Are only geniuses supposed to be able to do research? It seems incredibly difficult. For context, I have perfect grades on master's level courses; but I don't feel that that is a good indicator of how well I will do as a researcher. submitted by /u/ANewPope23 [link] [comments]