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Two other researchers and I just went from a partial draft of a Methods section to a full draft of Introduction, Methods, and Results in less than a day
How? Let's talk how we approached our Paper In a Day (Trademark @JnfrLTackett @cmbrandes @kathleenwade @allisonshieldsy)
How? Let's talk how we approached our Paper In a Day (Trademark @JnfrLTackett @cmbrandes @kathleenwade @allisonshieldsy)
A vast majority of the legwork was done and it took much longer than a day!
This paper is a systematic review, so we spent months meeting once a week to eat queso, drink beer, and code articles
But momentum had slowed down, and we didn't want that effort to go to waste!
This paper is a systematic review, so we spent months meeting once a week to eat queso, drink beer, and code articles
But momentum had slowed down, and we didn't want that effort to go to waste!
We all worked on the same document in Google Docs simultaneously using Paperpile
Its add-on for Google Docs is free and makes it super easy to write/cite in parallel rather than having to bounce drafts back and forth
Its add-on for Google Docs is free and makes it super easy to write/cite in parallel rather than having to bounce drafts back and forth
Two people on our team (me included) are pretty proficient with R, so could adapt previous code relatively quickly
We could also check behind each other to ensure the results were reproducible/weren't ludicrous
We could also check behind each other to ensure the results were reproducible/weren't ludicrous
We used a group ToDoist to assign incremental tasks among ourselves, and we could update the list/assignments in real-time
We also all sat right next to each other so we could check in anytime there was any confusion
We also all sat right next to each other so we could check in anytime there was any confusion
One team member wasn't super familiar with the literature, so I zipped up a Zotero folder into a .csv and sent her all the potentially relevant articles along with my notes
(Continuously taking some notes as I put articles in my Zotero libraries is my secret super power)
(Continuously taking some notes as I put articles in my Zotero libraries is my secret super power)
To do the above, just right-click on any of your Zotero libraries, click "Export Collection" and then select "CSV" as the "Format" while making sure to check the box that says "Export Notes"
Using these resources, she was able to get a handle on key papers, outline the Intro, get feedback from me, and complete a complete draft of the Intro within several hours
The Google doc also increased accountability for all of us to start and keep writing!
Much easier to stay on track when you can literally see someone else making progress if you scroll down a page
Much easier to stay on track when you can literally see someone else making progress if you scroll down a page
I'm sure there are ways we could improve this process in the future, but I really liked it!
Focusing the efforts of several people onto one big task in the short-term seems better than making fractured efforts over longer periods of time
Focusing the efforts of several people onto one big task in the short-term seems better than making fractured efforts over longer periods of time
Thanks to @MalloryDobias and Alyssa Maron for making this happen! Excited to finish up the Discussion in our next mini-session soon
