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ChatGPT prompts that will save you hours every day in academia:

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#AcademicTwitter @ThePhDPlace
@ThePhDPlace 1. Accelerate your reading

"Explain the below text to me. Retain its original meaning and structure:

TEXT TO EXPLAIN"
@ThePhDPlace 2. Enhance your writing

"Rephrase the below text for an academic journal. Write concisely and without jargon. Make sure you retain the original meaning of the text:

TEXT TO REPHRASE"
@ThePhDPlace 3. Accelerate your learning

"I interpret the below text as saying [YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT]. Is that correct?

TEXT TO UNDERSTAND"
@ThePhDPlace 4. Generate simulated data

"I am using the R programming language. Create a data frame with the following characteristics:

Size:
Columns:
Data characteristics:
"
@ThePhDPlace 5. Create data visualisations

" I am using the R programming language. Create a plot using ggplot2 that shows [WHAT YOU WANT]. Use comments to thoroughly annotate every line of code. Use tidyverse wherever possible. Here is a sample of my data frame:

DATA"
@ThePhDPlace 6. Create paper summaries

"Summarise the below abstract for a [EDUCATION LEVEL] audience. Make sure you retain the original meaning and general structure of the original text:

TEXT TO SUMMARISE"
@ThePhDPlace 7. Get motivated for big events

"My name is [NAME]. Tell me why I am the greatest academic ever. Speak like a coach giving a locker room speech."
@ThePhDPlace 8. Brainstorming results interpretation

"I did a [ANALYSIS TYPE] where I found that [RESULT]. One interpretation of these results is that [INTERPRETATION]. Discuss three other possible interpretations of what could be happening in the study system which explains these results"
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I carried out experiments to help you know when to use ChatGPT or BingAI.

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@PhDVoice A primer on what they are

Both are text-based AI models that generate text based on your prompts.

ChatGPT is the AI model that sparked this craze.

BingAI is a tweaked chatGPT + Microsoft’s search engine (Bing).
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• Give the same prompts to ChatGPT & BingAI
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• Repeat across five different academic tasks.
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ChatGPT's biggest superpower for academic productivity:

➡️ Writing code.

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#AcademicTwitter
🎯 Use detailed prompts

Think of chatGPT as a competent assistant.

It can save you time from tedious tasks. But it needs detailed instructions on what you need.

A good prompt has:

1. a clear topic/question
2. relevant background information
3. specific details/requirements
A bad prompt:

✖️Can you tell me how to plot a graph using bird activity and rainfall levels from my data frame?

A good prompt:

✔️ Create a ggplot in R to model how bird activity changes with rainfall levels using data from my 'bird_data' dataframe. Include needed R packages. ImageImage
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Mar 13
Academic writing is hard!

But the more you read, the more you realise that the most prolific academic writers use the same sentences again & again.

Here are 40 sentence templates to write better & faster manuscripts:

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#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter
❓What are sentence templates?

Sentence templates are repeatable sentence structures you can adapt to fit your own research.

They're like the scaffolding for your sentence.

Using them lets you focus on your message rather than worrying how to say it.

Here are some examples:
👟 INTRODUCTION

• Despite extensive research on [topic], much is still to be learned about [specific aspect].
• With [trend], it is crucial to [objective].
• While previous studies have focused on [aspect], this paper examines [new aspect].
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Seven ways to use chatGPT to boost your academic writing and productivity:

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#AcademicTwitter @AcademicChatter
@AcademicChatter 🧑‍🏫 Proofreading your text

If you're like me, you've lost countless hours proofreading text.

chatGPT:

• Gives you time back to research
• Saves your mind for critical thought & creativity

Prompt: Check the spelling, grammar, & sentence structure of this text:
[your text] Image
@AcademicChatter 📧 Write response emails

Ever spent 30 minutes trying to craft the perfect one-topic email?

Try drafting your email in informal language & asking chatGPT to adjust it.

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