以前言(introduction)为起点和中心创作论文
(2019-09-04 21:01:36)分类: Research |
最近看到有些牛人采用一种以“前言(introduction)”为起点和中心的论文创作方式。就是,先写前言,满意之后再做下一步。在随后的论文创作中不断修改前言。这包括大牛Jesse
Shapiro,一位做empirical研究的顶级经济学家。我十几年前都听说过他,当时他被英国经济学家杂志评为世界8位最好的年轻经济学家。
他在这里的文件里Four Steps to an Applied Micro Paper(http://www.brown.edu/Research/Shapiro/pdfs/foursteps.pdf
2009年AFA(美国金融年会)年会组织一些大牛对博士生讲研究经验(链接
https://kelley.iu.edu/cholden/2009
AFA Notesv2 _2_.pdf
“Write the introduction before you do all of the empirics. Likely this will make you realize that you do not know what your main point is; writing the intro will force you to articulate this main point.”
另外一位牛人说
“You do not understand your idea until you write it. Do not let regression come ahead of writing.”
UBC的一位经济学教授说,前言的重要性不单是给审稿人第一印象,也在于使你弄清楚你在论文里做什么,为什么要这样做 。
“Introduction is not just important because of the “first
impressions” idea that it will tilt the referee for or against you
(though it probably will). It is also vital to making sure you know
yourself what you are doing in the paper and why.” http://blogs.ubc.ca/khead/research/research-advice/formula
有趣的是这种论文创作方式与我前些天在知乎上的回答 "学术研究中,有了一个不错的研究创意后该怎么办?”有些联系。在那里,我也提到了先要写个“缩写版的论文前言(mock introduction)”
https://www.zhihu.com/question/315289489/answer/618549697