its medicine based research (radiotherapy) and there are no books in my library because they are all out! help!
2007-03-26 02:10:15 · 5 answers · asked by BscHons 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
the link below will take you to a website that lists some very good points when critically analysing a paper.
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/biopharm/critanal.htm
to analyse a paper, you are presenting what relevant information there is already 'out there' in the sea of literature regarding your topic. to be critical about it, you dissect that information and weight it up in terms of relevance, comparisons between research carried out by different groups, what is current train of thought regarding that topic... really bring in your ideas - the so-called 'thinking outside the box' idea where you discuss your own ideas (put intelligently or reasonably even!) which others may agree with... if you do this, also put down how your ideas may conflict with current ideas..... i'm just pulling things out of the top of my head but do go and visit the link above.
2007-03-26 02:25:46 · answer #1 · answered by Curious kitten! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google scholar- life saving!! At uni, you are given more credit for searching current journal articles as they are the most up to date research.
Type in the main topic/authors/ key words etc into google scholar, will ome up with books and journal articles that are relevant. You will normally need an athens log in for access but you should have that by now!
Look at other research- methodology, control groups, book reviews, other peoples critiques etc.
Good luck!
2007-03-26 09:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by spagbolfordinner 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try going on www.abebooks.co.uk or www.bookfinder.com as both specialise in rare or out-of-print books. Otherwise enquire in your university library about the intra-loan system, which allows you to retrieve copies of books from other university libraries! I know it sucks when the lecturers only supply a few copies of books in the library, but unfortunately they won't take that as an excuse. Good Luck!
2007-03-26 09:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Suzie's_Secret_Society 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your question is quite vague. you need to provide more detail to get the right answer. anyway, in general any sort of critique involves
-looking at the theories and evidence that have been presented for the subject
-questioning the usefullness or applicabilty of the theories using your own evidence and/or people's in field.
hope that helps
2007-03-26 09:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by lushpoppy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just tell the author it was shite.
2007-03-26 09:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋