Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research

Brunette, Donald Maxwell. (Author). Hornby, Kathryn. (Added Author). Oakley, Carol. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0867154268
ISBN: 9780867154269
Physical Description: print
x, 312 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed. /
Publisher: Chicago : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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, and authority -- Inductive logic: hypothesis and causation -- Quacks, cranks, and abuses of logic -- Elements of probability and statistics, part 1: discrete variables -- Elements of probability and statistics, pt. 2: continuous variables -- The importance of measurement in dentistry -- Errors of measurement -- Presentation of results -- Diagnostic tests and measurements in clinical practice -- Research strategies and threats to validity -- Observaton -- Correlation -- Experimentation -- Experiment design -- Statistics as an inductive argument and other statistical concepts -- Judgement -- Exercises in critical thinking.