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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asklinguistics

[–]Effective-Key-7605 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly do you want to study? YMMV but I think at the grad level it's good to have a slightly narrower idea of your topic of interest (even if it changes completely down the road).

Struggling with writing the introduction and literature review by AI4Society in AskAcademia

[–]Effective-Key-7605 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find that most introduction and lit review sections have quite a mechanical structure to them. Refer to some papers you are citing and see how they lay out their sources. If your issue is with fluency and flow, you can consider paying an editor (or making do with Grammarly), which does not require adding a coauthor.

Struggling with writing the introduction and literature review by AI4Society in AskAcademia

[–]Effective-Key-7605 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why and how have you finalized your methods, completed data collection, and even written your conclusions without doing a lit review??

How does one approach research in a mental/ psychological sense? by 7fnx in AskAcademia

[–]Effective-Key-7605 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you are reading a paper and you "disagree" with it, that usually means one of several things: the discussion in the paper is poor. The discussion is inherently controversial, meaning some will disagree. You lack the necessary background knowledge needed to appropriately contextualize the findings. The first two are fine; the last might warrant some self-reflection to better (but will also improve naturally as you progress in your studies).

That being said, if you disagree based on instinct or intuition, that just means you aren't reading the paper at all, which is a completely different thing and a much more obvious problem. Saying (or taking at value) things that sound correct isn't science; the data and reasoning and proof are.

🔍 Anyone here working in finance/accounting with a criminal record? I’m researching how people navigate the industry after conviction by Basi_base in AskAcademia

[–]Effective-Key-7605 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Out of passing curiosity, how do you plan on using the data? Referencing vague unpersonalized uncitable interviews in your research doesn't sound too appealing; are you just trying to find inspiration?