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科技英语与SCI论文写作 Content How to evaluate a paper How to write a scientific paper How to evaluate a paper A thorough understanding and evaluation of a paper involves answering several questions: What questions does the paper address? What are the main conclusions of the paper? What evidence supports those conclusions? Do the data actually support the conclusions? What is the quality of the evidence? Why are the conclusions important? a. What questions does the paper address? Type of research Descriptive Comparative Analytical b. What are the main conclusions of the paper? This question can often be answered in a preliminary way by studying the abstract of the paper. Here the authors highlight what they think are the key points. This is not enough, because abstracts often have severe space constraints, but it can serve as a starting point. Still, you need to read the paper with this question in mind. c. What evidence supports those conclusions? Generally, you can get a pretty good idea about this from the Results section. The description of the findings points to the relevant tables and figures. This is easiest when there is one primary experiment to support a point. However, it is often the case that several different experiments or approaches combine to support a particular conclusion. For example, the first experiment might have several possible interpretations, and the later ones are designed to distinguish among these. d. Do the data actually support the conclusions? One important aspect to look for the data is whether the authors take multiple approaches to answering a question. Do they have multiple lines of evidence, from different directions, supporting their conclusions? Another thing to look for is implicit or hidden assumptions used by the authors in interpreting their data. This can be hard to do, unless you understand the field thoroughly. e. What is the quality of the evidence? First, you need to understand thoroughly the methods used