Thinking critically about research : a step by step approach : [electronic book] /
By: Ogden, Jane [author.].
Contributor(s): ProQuest [vendor.].
Publisher: Milton, [England] : Routledge, 2018Description: 1 online resource (177 pages).Content type: text | still image | text Media type: computer | computer Carrier type: online resource | online resourceISBN: 9780429816680; 9780429816680:; 0429816685; 9780429816673; 0429816677; 9780429816666; 0429816669; 9780429444968; 0429444966.Subject(s): Critical thinking | Research -- Evaluation -- Methodology | Learning -- Research | EvidenceOnline resources: Access ebook here Summary: We live in an age of unprecedented access to information. The last decade has seen an exponential growth in data and material available, often at the touch of a button. However, this has also made it harder to discern between fact and fiction. What is real and what is fake? What should we believe and what should we reject? In an environment of information overload, a distrust of experts, the circulation of misinformation and false facts, and public debates based upon poor evidence, 'Thinking Critically About Research' comes at a vital juncture.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Ebook | ATU Sligo Yeats Library eBook | Available Online |
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We live in an age of unprecedented access to information. The last decade has seen an exponential growth in data and material available, often at the touch of a button. However, this has also made it harder to discern between fact and fiction. What is real and what is fake? What should we believe and what should we reject? In an environment of information overload, a distrust of experts, the circulation of misinformation and false facts, and public debates based upon poor evidence, 'Thinking Critically About Research' comes at a vital juncture.