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082 _a610 YUD
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100 1 _aYudkin, Ben,
_d1968-
245 1 0 _aCritical reading :
_bmaking sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine /
_cBen Yudkin.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge/taylor & Francis Group,
_c2006.
300 _ax, 129 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aRoutledge study guides
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 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.
650 0 _aMedical literature
_xEvaluation.
650 0 _aLife sciences literature
_xEvaluation.
650 0 _aCritical thinking.
650 0 _aContent area reading.
650 1 2 _aResearch.
650 2 2 _aBiological Science Disciplines.
650 2 2 _aMedicine.
650 2 2 _aReading.
830 0 _aRoutledge study guides.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020922.html
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