> After spending several weeks, I felt like I understood the article almost well enough to implement it. How long do you think it took the researcher to develo

> After spending several weeks, I felt like I understood the article almost well enough to implement it. How long do you think it took the researcher to develop the idea? Probably longer than a few weeks. Even if they could have communicated better, it's still the case that you, a non-expert (my apologies if this is untrue, I am assuming based on the context), can decipher and implement the method in a few weeks!