Impact = Interesting * Important什麼是重要的 (Important) 論文?有用的 (useful) 結果,例如產生了更多的研究或是解決社會的問題 (註 2)。
什麼是有趣的 (Interesting) 論文?令人意想不到的結果。作者使用論文說明了九種可能
- What Was Thought to Be Exogenous Is Really Endogenous
- What Was Thought to Be Complex Is Really
Simple - What Was Thought to Be Simple Is Really Complex
- What Was Expected to Be a Small Effect Is Really a Large Effect
- What Was Thought to Be a Large Effect Is Really a Small Effect
- What Was Thought to Be a Large Effect Is Really Much
Larger - What Was Thought to Be Easy Is Really Hard
- What Was Assumed to Not Be a Problem Is Really a Problem
- What Should Improve Performance Really Harms
Performance
在 What Was Expected to Be a Small Effect Is Really a Large Effect 中
One could easily assume (as I would) that this effect, if it exists, would be too small to measure, but they find a substantial effect: premature births decreased by 10.8% and low-weight births decreased by 11.8%.作者使用如此有趣的方式來看待研究,令人讚嘆。其教學和研究能力一樣傑出,令人敬佩。
(註 1) Cachon, G. 2012. What is interesting in operations management?, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 14(2). 166-169. (
(註 2) 作者沒有舉例說明
(註 3) Currie, J., R. Walker. 2011. Traffic congestion and infant health: Evidence from E-ZPass. Amer.
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