{"id":18669,"date":"2023-05-05T03:49:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T03:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-paper-is-a-theoretical-or-empirical-critique-of-some-aspect-of-the-literature-which-should-be-between-7-and-10-pages-double-space-long\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T03:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T03:49:43","slug":"the-paper-is-a-theoretical-or-empirical-critique-of-some-aspect-of-the-literature-which-should-be-between-7-and-10-pages-double-space-long","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-paper-is-a-theoretical-or-empirical-critique-of-some-aspect-of-the-literature-which-should-be-between-7-and-10-pages-double-space-long\/","title":{"rendered":"the paper is a theoretical or empirical critique of some aspect of the literature, which should be between 7 and 10 pages (double-space) long."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The response papers are worth 25 points each. Here is how the points distribute:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">First paragraph: 5 points<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I look for a clear statement of the overall argument of the paper in the first paragraph. If it is absent,<br \/>\neven if the rest of the paper is high quality, points will be deducted.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organization logic and writing of the paper: 10 points<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I expect a good paper to be written in correct English and to flow logically throughout. By logical flow, I<br \/>\nmean that different components of the main argument should not contradict one another without a<br \/>\ngood explanation and that the evidence brought to bear should all logically support the main argument.<br \/>\nIn general, I much prefer a logically structured paper that supports an outlandish argument to a paper<br \/>\nfilled with &#8220;common wisdoms&#8221; that are tied together loosely without detailed justifications.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Usage of readings: 5 points<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I expect a good paper to demonstrate clear understanding of multiple readings and to bring readings to<br \/>\nbear in making arguments.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Originality: 5 points<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A good paper would demonstrate overall originality in the argument or in proposing empirical tests to<br \/>\nsettle important debates in the literature, or both. Originality of arguments often arise when disparate<br \/>\nliteratures are brought into dialogue with one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the paper is a theoretical or empirical critique of some aspect of the literature, which should be between 7 and 10 pages (double-space) long.&nbsp; Besides critiquing the shortfall of a single work or a body of works, a good response paper would also suggest new ways of thinking about an issue, new hypotheses, and\/or new empirical tests that can settle a debate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The response papers are worth 25 points each. Here is how the points distribute: First paragraph: 5 points I look for a clear statement of the overall argument of the paper in the first paragraph. If it is absent, even if the rest of the paper is high quality, points will be deducted. Organization logic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1098],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=18669"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=18669"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=18669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}