Highlight: There’s so much research out there but how can I understand a research paper if I’m not a scientist?

Great question!

One of the things I hear people say often is something like “the research on that is [pick one: interesting/great/confusing/promising]”.  Have you ever tried to read a research article that is written in a ‘scientific’ format?  When I was in college in the dark ages, I was in a field where I wrote them and read them a lot but in the years since then I didn’t need it. When it came time to start the website with Sue and share information based on research, I had a tough time. I still do with some of them (I have not yet made it all the way through the scientific paper on AREDS2). Here’s a GREAT article.

There are 11 steps & I especially like the last one: “11. FINAL STEP: (Don’t neglect doing this) What do other researchers say about this paper?”

How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper: a Guide for Non-Scientists