Task

Read a paper’s method section with AI

Separate what the researchers did from what they say the results mean.

  1. 1Understand the method
  2. 2Do it
  3. 3Check the result
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How to do this task

Follow the method below, do the task, then check the result. Tool links show options, not extra steps you must complete.

Traditional approach
Underline the sample, procedure and result statements in the passage. Record each with its paragraph label and keep the authors’ limitations beside the findings.
Use AI

Label the paragraphs in the paper’s method or results section. Use the guide and one assistant to extract the sample, procedure, findings and stated limitations with paragraph references. Reopen those paragraphs to check the table; leave missing details unknown rather than reconstructing them.

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Prompt to use with your assistant
State the sample and method, the limitations the authors themselves state, and what a reader should verify. Never strengthen a claim beyond the text.
What can go wrong
  • A non-randomised pilot is called a randomised trial. Check how participants entered each group and keep the design named in the excerpt.
  • Fifteen versus twelve becomes proof that A improves performance. Report the supplied counts and who they cover; they do not establish a causal improvement.
  • The result is extended to other universities without support. Keep recruitment, missing participants and applicability as open questions for the full paper.
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    ChatGPT

    OpenAI

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    A general-purpose AI assistant for chat, analysis, writing, images and files.

    Good for
    • Broad personal and work tasks
    • Multimodal questions with text, images and files
    Watch out
    • Verify factual claims and citations
    • Review current data controls before pasting work material
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    DeepSeek

    DeepSeek

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    A Chinese AI assistant known for reasoning and coding-oriented models.

    Good for
    • Checking a maths solution one step at a time
    • Grouping short feedback excerpts with quote labels
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    • Browser chat access and API billing are separate
    • A long explanation can still contain a wrong step
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    Gemini

    Google

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    Google’s general AI assistant for everyday questions, files and connected Google workflows.

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    • Questioning a spreadsheet with source-cell checks
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    • Drive connections have different requirements from local file uploads
    • A successful upload does not prove every page was read correctly
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Paste this prompt with your material into the assistant you chose.

State the sample and method, the limitations the authors themselves state, and what a reader should verify. Never strengthen a claim beyond the text.
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Human check before use

  • Keep only what the text actually says
  • Do not let the conclusion get stronger than the authors made it
  • Read the limitations section yourself
Keep the final decision with a person

AI does not verify facts, arithmetic, identity or policy. Treat every generated line as a draft until you have checked it.

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Collected on
2026-08-13
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