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Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research / Donald Maxwell Brunette.
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Title:Critical thinking : understanding and evaluating dental research / Donald Maxwell Brunette.
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Author/Creator:Brunette, Donald Maxwell.
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Published/Created:Hanover Park, Il. : Quintessence Pub., ©2007.
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Call Number: WU20.5 .B895 2007
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Library of Congress Subjects:Dentistry--Research--Evaluation.
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Medical Subjects: Dental Research.
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Edition:2nd ed.
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Description:x, 312 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780867154269 (pbk.)
0867154268 (pbk.)
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Contents:1. Reasons for Studying Critical Thinking
2. Scientific Method and the Behavior of Scientists
3. Rhetoric
4. Searching the Dental Literature
5. Logic: The Basics
6. Introduction to Abductive and Inductive Logic: Analogy, Models, and Authority
7. Inductive Logic: Hypothesis and Causation
8. Quacks, Cranks, and Abuses of Logic
9. Elements of Probability and Statistics, Part 1: Discrete Variables
10. Elements of Probability and Statistics, Part 2: Continuous Variables
11. Importance of Measurement in Dentistry
12. Errors of Measurement
13. Presentation of Results
14. Diagnostic Tests and Measurements in Clinical Practice
15. Research Strategies and Threats to Validity
16. Observation
17. Correlation
18. Experimentation
19. Experiment Design
20. Statistics As an Inductive Argument and Other Statistical Concepts
21. Judgment
22. Exercises in Critical Thinking.