how to read a paper
Here’s an immensely useful paper on the almost cliché yet rarely studied question how to read a paper, where it outlines a practical and efficient three-pass method for reading research papers. Takeaways (of the three-pass approach): The first pass (5-10 mins): quickly scan to get a bird’s-eye view of the whole paper. Carefully read the title, abstract and introduction. Read the headings while ignore everything else. Read the conclusions. Scan the reference and tick-off the ones you’ve already read....