Critical Thinking
Tools for Evaluating Research
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2017
168 pages
978-0-520-96547-8 (ISBN)
Description
Critical Thinking prepares students to thoughtfully interpret information and develop a sophisticated understanding of our increasingly complex and multi-mediated world. Peter M. Nardi's approach helps students sharpen their critical thinking skills and improve their analytical reasoning, enabling them to ward off gullibility, develop insightful skepticism, and ask the right questions about material online, in the mass media, or in scholarly publications. Students will learn to understand common errors in thinking; create reliable and valid research methodologies; understand social science concepts needed to make sense of popular and academic claims; and communicate, apply, and integrate the methods learned in both research and daily life.
A companion website includes links to articles and books mentioned in the chapters, illustrative items, videos, and current news and research that elaborate on each chapter's key concepts.
A companion website includes links to articles and books mentioned in the chapters, illustrative items, videos, and current news and research that elaborate on each chapter's key concepts.
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08/2017
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University of California Press
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NardiPeter M.:
Peter M. Nardi is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Pitzer College. He is the author of Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Methods.
Peter M. Nardi is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Pitzer College. He is the author of Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Methods.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Critical Thinking
1. Numeracy
2. Sampling and Generalizability
3. Probability and Coincidence
4. Visual Thinking
5. Correlation and Causation
6. Scientific Thinking
7. Fact, Opinion, and Logical Reasoning
References
Index
Introduction: Critical Thinking
1. Numeracy
2. Sampling and Generalizability
3. Probability and Coincidence
4. Visual Thinking
5. Correlation and Causation
6. Scientific Thinking
7. Fact, Opinion, and Logical Reasoning
References
Index
