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Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research / Donald Maxwell Brunette.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x,312p. ; 27cmISBN:
  • 9780867154269 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RK80 .B78 2007
Contents:
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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Books Books قاعة الكتب - الدور الثاني المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة 617.6 B8956 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 01000110188052000

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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