How to develop your analytical skills

Dear Student,

If you often wonder what a professor is talking about when they say your paper is not analytical enough, this email is for you.

But why do you need to develop analytical skills?

In college and real life, analytical thinking makes it possible for you to objectively determine the sources of problems and come up with well-informed solutions.

In college, you will be asked to show your analytical skills in your writing. In describing this type of writing, the University of Reading notes that it involves reviewing the material you have read in light of other evidence. The same source says that your analytical writing reveals your thinking leading to a specific decision.

From the above definition, it is clear that analytical thinking involves comparing evidence from different sources to arrive at a conclusion.

Steps to Analytical Thinking

To develop analytical thinking, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Collect data and information relevant to the problem you are focusing on.
2. From the collected data, extract insights to determine the causes of the problem.
3. Focus on the issues related to the problem and how others have interpreted them, showing your understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the presented arguments.
4. Use the data gathered to develop your own interpretation of the problem.
5. Arrive at a conclusion considering the viewpoints of various authors that have focused on your target problem. Your interpretation is critical here, and it should be clear what your evidence-based opinion is regarding the problem.

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