Book contents
- Studying Primates
- Studying Primates
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Asking Questions about Primates
- 2 Ethics in Primatology
- 3 Keeping Science Healthy: Research Integrity
- 4 Inclusive Science
- 5 Understanding Statistical Evidence
- 6 Communicating Ideas in Writing
- 7 Introduction to the Primates
- 8 Why Study Primates?
- 9 Identifying a Research Question
- 10 Finding Out What We Know
- 11 Reading Journal Articles
- 12 Formulating Hypotheses and Predictions and Designing a Study
- 13 Observing and Manipulating
- 14 Choosing Measures
- 15 Planning Data Analysis
- 16 Sampling and Statistical Power
- 17 Checking Feasibility and Finalising Your Plans
- 18 Writing a Research Proposal
- 19 Collecting Data
- 20 Conducting Fieldwork
- 21 Analysing and Interpreting Data
- 22 Writing a Scientific Report
- 23 Submitting to a Peer-Reviewed Journal
- 24 Presenting Your Work at a Conference
- 25 Conclusions
- Index
- References
11 - Reading Journal Articles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2019
Book contents
- Studying Primates
- Studying Primates
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Asking Questions about Primates
- 2 Ethics in Primatology
- 3 Keeping Science Healthy: Research Integrity
- 4 Inclusive Science
- 5 Understanding Statistical Evidence
- 6 Communicating Ideas in Writing
- 7 Introduction to the Primates
- 8 Why Study Primates?
- 9 Identifying a Research Question
- 10 Finding Out What We Know
- 11 Reading Journal Articles
- 12 Formulating Hypotheses and Predictions and Designing a Study
- 13 Observing and Manipulating
- 14 Choosing Measures
- 15 Planning Data Analysis
- 16 Sampling and Statistical Power
- 17 Checking Feasibility and Finalising Your Plans
- 18 Writing a Research Proposal
- 19 Collecting Data
- 20 Conducting Fieldwork
- 21 Analysing and Interpreting Data
- 22 Writing a Scientific Report
- 23 Submitting to a Peer-Reviewed Journal
- 24 Presenting Your Work at a Conference
- 25 Conclusions
- Index
- References
Summary
Critical reading is an essential skill for scientists. As you read the rest of this book, you’ll come back to the literature again and again, to find out more about particular topics. Reading takes time and can be daunting, but it gets easier with experience. Reading also teaches you what goes where in a paper. The more you read, the better you will write. In this chapter I explain how to read articles, beginning with general advice, then providing questions to ask as you read each section of an article. Then I cover organising a reference collection and synthesising what you read.
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- Studying PrimatesHow to Design, Conduct and Report Primatological Research, pp. 147 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
References
11.10 Further Reading
Gurevitch, J, Koricheva, J, Nakagawa, S, Stewart, G. 2018. Meta-analysis and the science of research synthesis. Nature 175: 175–182. A review of the benefits of meta-analysis in synthesising research.Google Scholar
Pain, E. 2016. How to (seriously) read a scientific paper. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.caredit.a1600047 [Accessed 3 January 2019]. Science Careers blog. A collection of advice from scientists at different career stages.Google Scholar
Sayer, EJ. 2018. The anatomy of an excellent review paper. Functional Ecology 32: 2278–2281. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13207x. A very useful editorial on how to synthesise the literature, rather than simply summarising it.CrossRefGoogle Scholar