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>> MARK : So skimming is looking over a text very quickly

to get the essence of the text,

whereas scanning is looking over a text quickly

to get one specific piece of information.

>> SAM : Skimming is when you're looking through a document,

you're not looking for anything specific,

you're trying to garner the meaning

or the emphasis or the main theme

of what is being said in that statement.

So you're not necessarily pouring over every word

but you're reading quickly,

looking for what is the key point

that this document is trying to tell you.

Well, scanning is when you're looking

through a document, looking for a fact that you need

that you're looking for above all other facts,

it might be someone's name, it might be where they're from,

it might be a time when they did something

that you know about.

>> MARK : So if I'm looking for information on a certain player maybe

and I want to find out his age,

I know it's in a certain piece of text

and I might quickly go...

I know what I'm looking for,

but I will scan it really quickly and I will try to find the age.

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