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100 1  Brunette, Donald Maxwell 
245 1  Critical thinking :|bunderstanding and evaluating dental 
       research /|cDonald Maxwell Brunette. 
250    2nd ed 
260    Chicago :|bQuintessence Pub. Co.,|c2007 
300    x, 312 p. :|bill. (some col.) ;|c28 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505    Introduction: 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    Dentistry|xResearch|xEvaluation