Critical thinking : tools for evaluating research / Peter M. Nardi.
Nardi, Peter M., author.
2017
B809.2 .N37 2017
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Title Critical thinking : tools for evaluating research / Peter M. Nardi.
Author Nardi, Peter M., author.
ISBN 9780520291843
9780520965478 (electronic book)
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations
Call Number B809.2 .N37 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 160
Summary "Critical Thinking : A Methodology for Interpreting Information 'deconstructs' common errors in thinking and teaches students to become smarter consumers of research results. Written to complement a textbook or a collection of readings, this brief methods book strengthens students' ability to interpret information whenever and wherever data are used. It includes a wide range of examples along with end of chapter exercises for further discussion. This book will be a coursebook for the undergraduate social science courses where critical thinking, numeracy, and data literacy are common learning objectives"--Provided by publisher.
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Numeracy
Sampling and generalizability
Probability and coincidence
Visual thinking
Correlation and causation
Scientific thinking
Fact, opinion, and logical reasoning.

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