making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine /
Ben Yudkin.
New York :
Routledge,
2006.
1 online resource (x, 129 pages) :
illustrations
Routledge study guides
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Critical Reading -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The paper trail -- THE DEEP END -- SOURCES OF INFORMATION -- FINDING WHAT YOU NEED -- REFERENCES -- 2 Medium and message -- JOURNALS -- THE INTERNET AND OTHER SOURCES -- REFERENCES -- 3 Scientists as authors -- TRUTH AND RELATIVE TRUTH -- INTERPRETATION AND PRESENTATION -- INVISIBLE SCIENCE -- REFERENCES -- 4 The Abstract and Introduction -- FIRST IMPRESSIONS -- EXERCISE -- 5 Materials and Methods -- THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- THE SCIENTIFIC QUESTION -- EXERCISE -- 6 Quantitative methods -- SIGNIFICANT FIGURES -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FIGURES -- EXERCISE -- REFERENCES -- 7 Thinking science -- ASSUMPTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS -- READING RESEARCH -- EXERCISE -- REFERENCE -- Appendix -- REFERENCES FOR THE EXERCISE IN CHAPTER 4 -- Index -- Index of Papers in Focus and papers by subject.