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I Do What I Do

I Do What I Do is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand I Do What I Do rather than just read about it. In short: I do what I Do is a non fiction book authored by economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan published by HarperCollins India in 2017. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Rajan during his stint as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India along with his commentary on the economic and political context prevalent at that time.

Key takeaways

I Do What I Do belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect I Do What I Do to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of I Do What I Do from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

I do what I Do is a non fiction book authored by economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan published by HarperCollins India in 2017. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Rajan during his stint as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India along with his commentary on the economic and political context prevalent at that time. The book was released on September 5, 2017, and quickly made its way to topping the list of best sellers on Amazon India and Flipkart. The book has had increased media attention and uptake in part due to Dr. Rajan's much respected views on the economy and the political climate, but, also because of Rajan's view on the demonetization exercise undertaken by the Government of India in October 2016. The demonetization exercise had mixed views from economists, with a majority (including Rajan) subscribing to the view that the short term pains inflicted would not justify any purported longer term gains. With that said, Dr Rajan himself is of the view that the data available currently is not fully substantive to determine if the program could be deemed a success. He has further gone on to call that rather than demonetization as an exercise, better end to end income and asset tracking mechanisms, including the usage of biometric systems such as Aadhaar will be instrumental in battling 'black money'.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with I Do What I Do

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what I Do What I Do claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to I Do What I Do before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about I Do What I Do ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of I Do What I Do

In research: I Do What I Do appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses I Do What I Do in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: I Do What I Do is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2017 non-fiction books, Economics and finance book stubs, HarperCollins books, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for I Do What I Do outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study I Do What I Do in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what I Do What I Do means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain I Do What I Do out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is I Do What I Do in simple terms?

Why does I Do What I Do matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study I Do What I Do?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on I Do What I Do.