I can second this, this was my approach (as insisted upon by my professor). This only really works in some fields though - formal sciences (math, cs, etc) where

I can second this, this was my approach (as insisted upon by my professor). This only really works in some fields though - formal sciences (math, cs, etc) where you can make your own data from thin air. If you have an IRB to go through, it's a bit of a different story.