making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ben Yudkin.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 129 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge study guides
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.