000			01650cam a2200301 a 4500
008			070523s2007 ilu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007021716
020			_a9780867154269 (pbk.)
040			_aDNLM/DLC _cDLC _dDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aRK80 _b.B78 2007
092	0	4	_a617.6 _bB8956 2007 _221
099			_a04 _a617.6 B8956 2007
100	1		_aBrunette, Donald Maxwell.
245	1	0	_aCritical thinking : _bunderstanding and evaluating dental research / _cDonald Maxwell Brunette.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aChicago : _bQuintessence Pub. Co., _cc2007.
300			_ax,312p. ; _c27cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
650		0	_aDentistry _xResearch _xEvaluation.
650		2	_aDental Research.
902			_a1
905			_aEman _eRev
905			_aJamal _eCat.
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c104013 _d104013