Academic paper check list

Check list for reading an academic paper

Answer these questions when reading a paper.

1. What is the central question?
   1. Why do people care about this question?
2. What is the answer?
   1. How does the paper answer the question?
   2. Why does the paper answer in this way?
   3. What assumptions have been made?
3. Are you convinced?
   1. How might you answer this question differently?
   2. What question do you have for the author?