Wednesday, June 21, 2006
How to Lose Readers, Sociological Edition
by Anonymous
Even to someone who has (a) tinkered with Statistical Model Z; (b) knows precisely what Parameter Y does; and (c) has seen Prior Researcher X get absolutely smashed, it's a godawful boring way to lead off.
*I know that double-entendres about models are almost inevitable, but I couldn't think of another way to say this in the 20 seconds I wanted to spend on this post.
Tip #1: Begin the second sentence of your paper with, "to obtain a satisfactory fit to the data, Prior Researcher X had to add Parameter Y to Statistical Model Z."*
Even to someone who has (a) tinkered with Statistical Model Z; (b) knows precisely what Parameter Y does; and (c) has seen Prior Researcher X get absolutely smashed, it's a godawful boring way to lead off.
*I know that double-entendres about models are almost inevitable, but I couldn't think of another way to say this in the 20 seconds I wanted to spend on this post.
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That's because it's the second sentence, Jeremy.
Those of us who have put together so many children's toys that we think that "insert Parameter Y into Model Z" is standard language also missed the first hearing.
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Those of us who have put together so many children's toys that we think that "insert Parameter Y into Model Z" is standard language also missed the first hearing.
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