Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research /
Brunette, Donald Maxwell.
Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research / Donald Maxwell Brunette. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2007. - x, 312 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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.
9780867154269 (pbk.)
Dentistry--Research--Evaluation.
Dental Research.
617.6027 / B D C
Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research / Donald Maxwell Brunette. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2007. - x, 312 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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.
9780867154269 (pbk.)
Dentistry--Research--Evaluation.
Dental Research.
617.6027 / B D C