Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Reflections while writing research papers

Book titles
short (e.g. The Giving Tree, Frankenstein, The Time Machine)

Research article titles
long (e.g. A relational perspective on turnover: Examining structural, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors ... nuff said)

Book lengths
100pgs: short
300pgs: decent
600pgs: long
1000+pgs: Robert Jordan or War and Peace status.

Research article lengths
3pgs: pamphlet
8pgs: decent
15pgs: long
25+pgs: dude, write a book why don't ya


Update –

Book authors' names
mostly normal (e.g. Douglas Adams, Jane Austin, C.S. Lewis)

Research article authors' names
long and weird (e.g. Chockalingam Viswesvaran, Randall P. Settoon, Darlene F. Russ-Eft)


Maybe I'll add more later. I really should finish writing my papers...

«Woo-hoo! Nearly done!»

2 comments:

Toni Lynn said...

That's Jane AustEn. :)
But this is funny. I like it lol

Will said...

whatever...