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020			_a9780415303224 _cRM 67.00
040			_aAKMAL
082			_a118.6 BEN
090			_a118.6 _bBEN
100	1		_aBen Yudkin _d1968 _99251
245			_aCritical Reading : _bMaking sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine _cBen Yudkin.
260			_aLondon , New York _b Routledge/taylor & Francis Group _c2006.
300			_ax, 129 pages _billustrations _c24cm
490	1		_aRoutledge study guides
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. The Paper Trail The deep end Sources of information Textbooks Reviews Research papers Finding what you need Know your books Know your journals Hunting the needle Looking into the future References-- 2. Medium and MessageJournals Peer review Prestige or puff? The internet and other sources A tangled web Copying errors References-- 3. Scientists as Authors Truth and relative truth The world is orderly isn't it? Artefact or ugly fact? Interpretation and presentation The academic funding crisis Science meets business Stockholm beckons Sex sells Invisible science Publication bias and reference bias Calling the tune References-- 4. The Abstract and Introduction First impressions Do I need to read the paper? What is the paper about? What was the point of the research? What are Abstracts not for? Exercise-- 5. Materials and Methods The scientific method Attention pleaseMethod or madness? What are controls for? The scientific question A clear problemExercise-- 6. Quantitative Methods Significant figures Statistical significance Confidence intervals Sample size The significance of figures Exercise References-- 7. Thinking Science Assumptions and deductions Outside the box Lines of reasoning Reading research Revisiting the paper trail Exercise References.
650			_aMedical literature _xEvaluation. _99252
650			_aLife sciences literature |x Evaluation. _xEvaluation. _99253
650			_aCritical thinking. _91062
650			_aContent area reading. _99254
650	1	2	_aResearch. _93180
650	1	2	_aBiological Science Disciplines. _99255
830			_aRoutledge study guides. _99256
942			_2ddc _cBOOK