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    This document provides a literature review matrix to help structure the reading and analysis of academic papers. It involves three passes of reading the paper at increasing levels of depth. The first pass involves skimming key elements to understand the paper's category, context, contributions and clarity. The second pass reads the paper more carefully to understand its rationale, methods, findings and implications. The third pass attempts to re-implement the paper to identify its innovations and assumptions. The matrix can be used to note the paper's weaknesses, strengths, and ideas for future work. The overall goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the paper.

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    This document provides a literature review matrix to help structure the reading and analysis of academic papers. It involves three passes of reading the paper at increasing levels of depth. The first pass involves skimming key elements to understand the paper's category, context, contributions and clarity. The second pass reads the paper more carefully to understand its rationale, methods, findings and implications. The third pass attempts to re-implement the paper to identify its innovations and assumptions. The matrix can be used to note the paper's weaknesses, strengths, and ideas for future work. The overall goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the paper.

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    Literature Review Matrix

    (after McLean, I.H. Literature Review Matrix. http://psychologyinc.blogspot.com)

    Authors:

    Title:

    Bibliographic details or URL:

    Votre texte ici 1


    Pass (1) (10 mins): Read the title, abstract, and introduction. Read the headings. Read the
    conclusions. Glance at the mathematical content (if any). Skim the references for familiar ones.

    Category: What type of paper is this? A measurement paper? An analysis of an existing


    system? A description of a research prototype? A case study? A literature survey?
    Context: Which other papers is it related to? Which theoretical bases were used to analyze
    the problem?
    Correctness: Do the assumptions appear to be valid?
    Contributions: What are the paper’s main contributions?
    Clarity: Is the paper well written?
    Is this paper useful? Yes/no

    Pass (2) (1 hour): Read the paper with greater care, but ignoring details such as proofs. Jot down the
    key points or make comments in the margins as you read. Look carefully at the figures, diagrams,
    and other illustrations. Remember to mark relevant unread references for further reading.

    What Rationale
    does
    it do? Aims

    Hypothesis

    How Participants
    does
    it do Method
    it?

    What Findings
    did it
    find? Implications

    Falsifiable

    Limitations
    Pass (3) (2-5 hours): Attempt to virtually re-implement the paper, i.e. making the same assumptions
    as the authors, re-create the work. By comparing this re-creation with the actual paper, you can
    easily identify the paper’s innovations, but also its hidden failings and assumptions. This requires
    great attention to detail. Identify and challenge every assumption in every statement. Think about
    how you would present the particular idea. Jot down ideas for future work.

    Weaknesses Implicit
    assumptions

    Experimental
    / analytical
    errors

    Missing
    citations

    Strengths Presentation
    technique

    Support for
    conclusions

    Internal
    efficacy

    Source: Keshav, S. 2012. How to Read a Paper.


    http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/keshav/home/Papers/data/07/paper-reading.pdf

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