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For a piece of university coursework, I have been asked to review a paper of my choice.

I was wondering if you had any advice for how I should go about doing this. I am asked to write a two page review covering basic ideas an assumptions they have made. I am also asked, which is the part I am slightly more confused about, to review the quality of the arguments used.

Do you have any general advice, I am not used to reading academic papers.

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should this question be migrated to Academia? – Ran G. Jan 10 at 17:21
Indeed this question is off-topic here. I'm a bit puzzled: usually you would do your first review under the guidance of your MS or PhD advisor, it's odd to have this as coursework. If this is an assignment where you're supposed to demonstrate that you've read the paper, you should ask your instructor. If this is really an exercise on doing academic reviews, I encourage you to repost this question on our sister site Academia with a bit more context regarding this coursework. – Gilles♦ Jan 10 at 18:17
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There is no need to downvote questions that do not belong to here. I therefore upvote for it. – AJed Jan 10 at 18:45
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Also, please do not cross-post .. found in math.stackexchange.com – AJed Jan 10 at 19:12
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@AJed The only rule regarding voting is that you must vote for the post and not for the person. How you decide whether to vote on a post is up to you. My “should” was personal advice, not me speaking as a moderator: voting on a post says “I consider this (not) useful”, but if you base your vote on someone else's, that becomes “I disagree with this voter“ instead of expressing your opinion on the post per se, so your vote isn't following your opinion on the post's usefulness any more. – Gilles♦ Jan 10 at 20:41
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closed as off topic by Ran G., AJed, Gilles♦ Jan 10 at 18:17

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