討論總結:提出咗諗法,又搵到證據撐自己個諗法之後,研究者正路會大致上噉總結吓自己搵到嘅結果,包括係嘗試解釋呢啲結果(解釋現象係學術研究嘅一大目標)或者講吓呢啲結果同現有嘅知識有咩關係(會唔會挑戰某啲既有嘅睇法)... 呀噉[16]-例如「對於我而家呢個實驗,手上呢兩個理論會作出唔同嘅假說,做呢個實驗嘗試驗證邊個理論作嘅假說先至係真確,實驗結果撐理論 A 多過撐理論 B,而理論 B 要作出噉噉噉嘅修改先至可以令佢有說服力」噉嘅推論。
喺學術寫作上,「文獻綜述要點做」可以幾撈絞。求知呢家嘢本質上就係要求一個人大量噉睇前人諗過嘅嘢:想像家陣有位學者想對理論 A 作出創新,要挑戰理論 A 嘅某啲基本假設,同時提出新嘅諗頭答「嗰啲基本假設唔成立,今後要點樣思考理論 A 相關嗰啲現象?」噉嘅問題;噉嘅話,佢必然要好熟理論 A 嘅嘢;喺最理想嘅情況下,佢可以將古往今來講理論 A 嘅文獻冚唪唥睇嗮佢-但現實係唔理想嘅,人類有嘅文獻多得滯,嗰位學者頂攏淨係可以集中睇最重要嗰啲文獻。於是就帶出咗以下呢啲問題[19][20]:
摷文獻嚟睇嗰陣,要點摷法先至可以摷到嗮最重要嗰啲料出嚟呢?
睇一位學者寫嘅文嗰陣,係咪要考慮埋佢摷文獻嘅方法,知佢有冇咩甩漏?
... 呀噉。
Google Scholar 係廿一世紀初學者最常用嘅搜尋器之一;專畀人用嚟摷學術文-想像(例如)有人發現 Google Scholar 用嘅演算法有問題,噉一位研究者就知「齋靠 Google Scholar 嚟摷文獻睇嘅學者寫嘅嘢,可能有偏差」。
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