Revised edition of Critical thinking about research, c1998. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- Principles of critical thinking -- Seeking trustworthy knowledge -- Research questions and hypotheses -- Research variables and strategies -- The sample -- Confounding variables and their control -- Research designs and threats to internal validity -- Manipulation and measurement validity -- Data analysis -- Inferences, conclusions, and the research report -- Research synthesis and meta-analysis -- Research ethics -- Critical thinking using practice articles -- Epilogue.
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