THE ILLUSION OF CERTAINTY AND THE CERTAINTY OF ILLUSION: A CASE STUDY OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES.
Critical thinking is necessary to properly edit a scientific article. However, in addition to questions about the language, we can also question the assumptions, documentation, and implications of the research in a process I call "analytical editing." A text with unverified assumptions, missing docu...
| Publicado en: | AMWA Journal: American Medical Writers Association Journal Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 105 - 110 |
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| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
Fall2013
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