Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research / Donald Maxwell Brunette.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. ; London : Quintessence, c2007.Edition: 2nd ed. / contributors, Kathryn Hornby, Carol OakleyDescription: x, 312 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780867154269 (pbk.) :
- 9780867154269 (pbk.)
- 0867154268 (pbk.)
- 617.6027 22
- RK80 .B78 2007
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Previous ed.: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: reasons for studying critical thinking -- Scientific method and the behavior of scientists -- Rhetoric -- Searching the dental literature -- Logic: the basics -- Introduction to abductive and inductive logic: analogy, models & authority -- Inductive logic: hypothesis and causation -- Quacks, cranks and abuses of logic -- Probability and statistics: pt. 1, discrete variables -- Probability and statistics: pt. 2, continuous variables -- Measurement -- Errors of measurement -- Presentation of results -- Reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of diagnostic tests and measurements -- Research strategies -- Observaton -- Correlation -- Experimentation -- Experimental design -- Some more on statistical inference -- Judgment.
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