03002cam a22005057a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500190008801600200010701600180012702000360014502000390018102000360022002000390025603500230029504001040031804200080042205000220043006000150045206000220046708200120048908400150050110000240051624501010054026000670064130000440070833600260075233700280077833800270080649000270083350400510086050512720091165000360218365000420221965000230226165000260228465000140231065000360232465000140236065000130237483000280238785600810241518820657OSt20200210145304.0151016s2006    enka     b    001 0 eng c  a  2005020922  aGBA5605482bnb7 a1012763422DNLM7 a0132556282Uk  a0415344131q(hbk. : alk. paper)  a9780415344135q(hbk. : alk. paper)  a0415303222q(pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780415303224q(pbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm61130822  aDLCbengcDLCdBAKERdBWKUKdNLMdUKMdYDXCPdPULdNLGGCdY9UdOCLCQdYUSdOCLCOdOCLCQdCRCPRdDLC  apcc00aR118.6b.Y85 200600a2006 F-44710aW 20.5bY94c 2006  a610 YUD  a44.042bcl1 aYudkin, Ben,d1968-10aCritical reading :bmaking sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine /cBen Yudkin.  aLondon ;aNew York :bRoutledge/taylor & Francis Group,c2006.  ax, 129 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aRoutledge study guides  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. The Paper Trail The deep end Sources of information Textbooks Reviews Research papers Finding what you need Know your books Know your journals Hunting the needle Looking into the future References-- 2. Medium and MessageJournals Peer review Prestige or puff? The internet and other sources A tangled web Copying errors References-- 3. Scientists as Authors Truth and relative truth The world is orderly isn't it? Artefact or ugly fact? Interpretation and presentation The academic funding crisis Science meets business Stockholm beckons Sex sells Invisible science Publication bias and reference bias Calling the tune References-- 4. The Abstract and Introduction First impressions Do I need to read the paper? What is the paper about? What was the point of the research? What are Abstracts not for? Exercise-- 5. Materials and Methods The scientific method Attention pleaseMethod or madness? What are controls for? The scientific question A clear problemExercise-- 6. Quantitative Methods Significant figures Statistical significance Confidence intervals Sample size The significance of figures Exercise References-- 7. Thinking Science Assumptions and deductions Outside the box Lines of reasoning Reading research Revisiting the paper trail Exercise References. 0aMedical literaturexEvaluation. 0aLife sciences literaturexEvaluation. 0aCritical thinking. 0aContent area reading.12aResearch.22aBiological Science Disciplines.22aMedicine.22aReading. 0aRoutledge study guides.413Table of contentsuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020922.html