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posted on 2025-08-09, 07:40 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge
<p dir="ltr">A scatter plot diagram humorously maps the age of research data against the time spent in lockdown. As lockdown drags on, the researcher turns to older, less relevant, and even absurd data sources for paper writing.</p>

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2020-10-16

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Scatter plot showing older data papers emerging the longer lockdown continues.

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X: Paper 1 — Some stuff I was already working on X: Paper 2 — Catching up on data I was too busy to sort X: Paper 3 — Historic study of my ‘temp’ folder X: Paper 4 — A study of treats my cat eats Axes: Y-Axis: Age of my data X-Axis: How long I’ve been stuck in lockdown writing papers

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