making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine Yudkin, Ben 1968- creator text bibliography enk London New York Routledge/taylor & Francis Group 2006 monographic eng

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x, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 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. Ben Yudkin. Includes bibliographical references and index. Medical literature Evaluation Life sciences literature Evaluation Critical thinking Content area reading Research Biological Science Disciplines Medicine Reading R118.6 .Y85 2006 610 YUD 2006 F-447 W 20.5 Y94c 2006 44.04 0415344131 9780415344135 0415303222 9780415303224 2005020922 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020922.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020922.html DLC 151016 20200210145304.0 18820657 eng