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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, 312 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c28 cm.
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 4 0 _aDentistry
_xResearch
_xEvaluation.
650 1 2 _aDental Research.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021716.html
596 _a2
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021716.html
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