Monday, December 6, 2010

Why I need to write more

As I've been working on a paper, I realize that I don't write nearly enough.  And, since writing skills need continuous practice, that means that this paper is really painful to write.  Really, it shouldn't take me a full day to come up with a good, professional, concise explanation of one graph, should it?

As I've been processing data, I've kept a document with a running commentary of my observations.  That has helped, but now, having to go through, determine what is truly significant, and make my conclusions coherent to an outside reader, is a daunting task.

Just to give you a taste, imagine trying to explain this plot:

Can you see my difficulty?

2 comments:

  1. Whoa! Even if I wrote every day, several hours a day, I highly doubt I could ever explain that graphic. Way to go, Janene!

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  2. I suppose it helps that I also made the graphic . . . but it's still tricky to figure out how to explain it concisely.

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