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to-read#literature#paper
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Three-pass method (How I read a paper). One quote per source max — paraphrase everything else in my own words. That paraphrasing is the point.
Pass 1 — the 5-minute skim (title, abstract, headings, figures, conclusion)
- Category / type: (new method? survey? measurement study?)
- Claim in one sentence:
- Worth a pass 2? yes / no — why
Pass 2 — the 1-hour read (figures, key results; skip proofs)
- Problem & why it matters:
- Key idea / what's new:
- Method (paraphrased):
- Results that matter:
- The one quote worth keeping (verbatim):
"..."
Pass 3 — the deep read (only if I'll build on it: re-implement in my head)
- Assumptions I'd challenge:
- What would break it / its failure modes:
- Could I reproduce it from this alone?
So what (for my work)
- Relevance to my tracks: Track — ...
- Does it solve a wheel I was about to reinvent? (newcomer caution: read more than the gurus advise)
- Idea/method to steal:
- Open question it leaves me:
Links
- Related papers: ...
- Concepts: ...