How much should your final thesis fulfil the goals set our in your research proposal? Do Research Councils check? Do potential (academic) employers take it into account? I'm two years into a social science PhD and am finding it increasingly difficult to keep to my original proposal!
The point of a proposal is to get an idea into your heads about what you're doing. It's a brainstorming stage and you may decide later on that somethings are less practical than you initially thought. I was doing an undergrad project this year injecting mosquitoes with beads to test immune reactions and decided after my initial proposal that the bead I was going to use wasn't as good a choice as the bead I ended up using. I don't feel you need to fulfill the goals of your proposal, merely the goals of your title.
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