03180cam a22005537a 4500 7360 7360 18820657 OSt 20200210145304.0 151016s2006 enka b 001 0 eng c 2005020922 GBA560548 bnb 101276342 DNLM 013255628 Uk 0415344131 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780415344135 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0415303222 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780415303224 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm61130822 DLC eng DLC BAKER BWKUK NLM UKM YDXCP PUL NLGGC Y9U OCLCQ YUS OCLCO OCLCQ CRCPR DLC pcc R118.6 .Y85 2006 2006 F-447 W 20.5 Y94c 2006 610 YUD 44.04 bcl Yudkin, Ben, 1968- Critical reading : making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine / Ben Yudkin. London ; New York : Routledge/taylor & Francis Group, 2006. x, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Routledge study guides Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. 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. Medical literature Evaluation. Life sciences literature Evaluation. Critical thinking. Content area reading. Research. Biological Science Disciplines. Medicine. Reading. Routledge study guides. Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020922.html 7 cbc pccadap 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 R-21/5 AIISH AIISH 2020-02-10 0 610 YUD 14878 2020-02-10 00:00:00 2020-02-10 RFT