Quote by Paul J. Silvia Download Open image ““Collecting data is easy; writing about data is hard.”” — Paul J. Silvia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It is not about the data and its mechanics; it is about solving problems and making wise choices” — Dwight McNeill Copy Share Image
“The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The basic trouble is that people make statements without sufficient data. — Stacy Aumonier Copy Share Image
“Data doesn’t matter. Only opinions and stories formed from the data matters and gets shared and absorbed.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“where data are sparse, competing ideas abound that are clever and wishful.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Revising while you generate text is like drinking decaffeinated coffee in the early morning: noble idea, wrong time.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Writing time is for writing, not for checking e-mail, reading the news, or browsing the latest issues of journals. Sometimes I think it would… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“To write a lot, you should rethink your mental models of rejection and publication. Rejections are like a sales tax on publications: The more… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“The best kind of self-control is to avoid situations that require self-control” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Decide what you want to do," wrote William Zinsser. "Then decide to do it. Then do it" (Zinsser, 2001, p. 285).” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“The subtlety of your analysis of variance will not move readers to tears, although the tediousness of it might.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Binge writers spend more time feeling guilty and anxious about not writing than schedule followers spend writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“Remember, you’re allocating time to write, not finding time to write.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
“People who claim that they’re “not the scheduling kind of person” are masterly schedulers at other times: They always teach at the same time,… — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
