Arduous Research Process
Posted by Dan on 22 May, 2008
This paragraph from an article on the chronicle.com pretty much sums it up.
Jeff the economist spends a lot of time manipulating data, telling his computer to look at certain variables, and then at others. You can go down a lot of false trails that way, he says. You can spend all day in front of a screen (or two) and have nothing to say about what you’ve seen. You’re just inching closer, trying to get an idea to take root, trying to find the pearl in an ocean full of clams.
