Livro Critical Thinking Understanding and Evaluating Dental Research

Livro Critical Thinking Understanding and Evaluating Dental Research
Donald Maxwell Brunette

ISBN: 9780867154269
Edição: 2ª
Ano: 2007
Idioma: Inglês
Autor: Donald Maxwell Brunette
Páginas: 312
Encadernação: Brochura
Editora: Quintessence Publishing
Dimensões do produto: 22 x 28 x 2 cm
Peso de envio: 1.072 kg

Sinopse:

This work aims to help readers become more discerning consumers of dental literature. It provides an introduction to scientific method, measurement, statistical inferences, interpretation, research strategies and logic. A problem section allows readers to test their critical thinking skills.

Sumário:

Chapter 01. Reasons for Studying Critical Thinking
Chapter 02. Scientific Method and the Behavior of Scientists
Chapter 03. The Components of a Scientific Paper
Chapter 04. Rhetoric
Chapter 05. Searching the Dental Literature
Chapter 06. Logic: The Basics
Chapter 07. Introduction to Abductive and Inductive Logic: Analogy, Models, and Authority
Chapter 08. Causation
Chapter 09. Quacks, Cranks, and Abuses of Logic
Chapter 10. Elements of Probability and Statistics, Part 1: Discrete Variables
Chapter 11. Elements of Probability and Statistics, Part 2: Continuous Variables
Chapter 12. The Importance of Measurement in Dentistry
Chapter 13. Errors of Measurement
Chapter 14. Presentation of Results
Chapter 15. Diagnostic Tools and Testing
Chapter 16. Research Strategies and Threats to Validity
Chapter 17. Observation
Chapter 18. Correlation and Association
Chapter 19. Experimentation
Chapter 20. Experiment Design
Chapter 21. Statistics As an Inductive Argument and Other Statistical Concepts
Chapter 22. Judgment
Chapter 23. Introduction to Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 24. Exercises in Critical Thinking