At least you had the data... I've been a number of times in a situation where I was supposed to conduct extensive, thorough analyses of (expensively acquired) d

At least you had the data... I've been a number of times in a situation where I was supposed to conduct extensive, thorough analyses of (expensively acquired) data that was evidently useless. I still had to go through the motions, knowing full well that if somehow the analysis yielded the "desired" results, any caveats would be ignored.