Writing an effective rebuttal helps answer questions, address reviewers' concerns, clarify misunderstandings, and help the AC make an informed decision.
But it takes work to write a good one. 😟
Sharing some tips I found useful. 🧵
*Start positive*
Start with summarizing all the strengths noted by the reviewers and adding quotes to provide evidence.
Remind the reviewers and AC of
"Why should this paper be accepted?"
*Neutralize negative comments*
AC and other reviewers may only see all the NEGATIVE comments you responded to.
Junior students often feel stressed before the weekly meeting with their advisors because their experiments do not go well. 😩😰😱
Some tips on why, what, and how to do experiments. 🧵
*Why? 🤔*
❌ Do an experiment to get improved performance.
✅ Do an experiment to test a hypothesis.
Many students trying to show improved results with experiments are missing the point.
Your goal of experiments should be to validate/test your research questions.
*What? 🤔*
What experiments should we do?
This involves three main steps:
1⃣ identify key research questions
2⃣break them down into baby steps
3⃣design experiments that best answer those questions