Critical Thinking

Scientific method and the behaviour of scientists; an introduction to logic; inductive logic - analogy, models and authority; inductive logic - hypothesis and causation; quacks, cranks and abuses of logic; measurement; errors of measurement; presentation of results; reliability, sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests and measurements; research strategies; observation; correlation; experimentation; experimental design; the logic of statistical inference; the logic of statistical inference, part 2; judgement.