Question Sheet for Seminar Papers

Your tool for understanding paper in a systematic way.

Background

• What knowledge does this paper assume?
• Are there any concepts/terms that we did not yet define this week?

Aim(s) of the paper

• Summarize the aim(s) of the paper in maximum 3 sentences.

Methods

• What data is the paper working with?
  • What type of data is it?
  • How was is acquired (by which technique)?
• Which analysis technique is used?
  • Is it well suited? Why?
  • Would other analysis techniques have been useful?

Results

• What key result does each result figure/figure panel convey?

Applications

• What will this study be useful for?
• Is it expected to have impact? In which way?

Limitations

• What limitation(s) are acknowledged by the authors?
• Are there any other limitations you see that were not mentioned?