How to read a paper - depth
¡ Examine the statistics:
“Lies, d*mned lies and statistics”
l Appropriate statistical tests applied properly?
l Did they do proper error analysis?
l Are the results statistically significant?
¡ Common mistake: “We performed our experiment
once at 4 am and noticed a ten fold improvement.
Thus we conclude that our system is better”
l Be very careful with percentages
¡ Method A: 0.01 seconds, our Method: 0.005
seconds
¡ Our method shows 100% improvement over
method A!!