Brunette, Donald Maxwell. <br/><br/>
Critical thinking :  understanding and evaluating dental research / 
Donald Maxwell Brunette. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Chicago :  Quintessence Pub. Co.,  c2007. 
 - x,312p. ;  27cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780867154269 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007021716 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dentistry--Research--Evaluation.<br/>Dental Research.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RK80  / .B78 2007