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This is for you reading scientific papers. The language can be hard to
interpret and missing the meaning is easy. So here is a guide on how to
interpret common statements.
S: is Statement, I: is interpretation.
(Yes, I thought of writing it in two columns...)
S: It has long been known...
I: I haven't bothered to find the original reference.
S: Although no definitive results were reached...
I: The experiments are not finished yet, but I can still do a potboiler
S: Finally, some typical results..
I: ... the best results...
S: Probably a prolonged series of experiments will show...
I: I couldn't spend too much time on this
S: Agreement with hypothesis is
excellent
good
satisfactory
uncertain
I: reasonable, doubtful, bad, non-existent
S: Agreement is as good as may be expected under the circumstances
I: The two variables have nothing to do with each other although I thhought
so when I started
S: Correct within the order of magnitude
I: Wrong.
S: The results of NN is probably the most dependable
I: NN is one of my students
S: It is probable that...
I: I personally think that
S: Against this it may be argued that..
I: I have a particularly good rejoinder to this one
S: Of course, much more work is necessary for a definitive answer
I: I can't really make head or tails of the whole thing
S: Unfortunately, no definitive answer is available
I: It seems nobody else understands it either
S: The consensus is that...
I: I know a couple of people who agree with me that...
S: I wish to thank NN for assistance and XX for valuable discussions
I: NN did the work and XX explained the results to me
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Robin Rosenberg, ]bo Akademi, FINLAND
Address: Finn|, 22340 Geta, ]LAND - FINLAND
or Studentbyn 40A3, 20510 ]BO, FINLAND
Disclaimer: The original source of the above interpretations is unknown.
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