Thinking critically about research : a step by step approach /
By: Ogden, Jane [author.].
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019Description: xv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: still image | text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0367000202; 9780367000202:; 9780367000202; 9780367000196; 0367000199.Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Critical thinking | Evidence | Research -- Evaluation -- MethodologyDDC classification: 001.42 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 | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.