Critical interpretation and design of health research: Introduction

Introduction

In this workshop, you will learn two lessons:

1. You will learn to differentiate between arguments and non-arguments
2. You will learn how to use a standard form to dissect arguments

This is why we call it critical reading of papers.

Instructions

Lesson 1: Identifying Arguments

You will read a passage in this section; after you have read the passage, identify the concluding statement and a reason behind the concluding statement.

Write the concluding statement and the reasoning in the worksheet. You can copy paste from the webpage if you want.

Lesson 2: Constructing a standard form

You will read a passage. In the form (standard_form.txt), fill in the headings: the final conclusion, the explicit premises, the implicit premises, & intermediate conclusions.

Lesson 3: Identify the epidemiological study designs

You will read three abstracts and will discuss the study design, and whether you can re-design the study. Use the study_design.docx form you downloaded to work with it.

Check the setup link to download the worksheets.

Prerequisites

You must understand the concepts of identifying arguments and explanations in passages of text You must understand how to construct a standard form to capture arguments You must download and keep ready the two worksheets: identifying_argument.txt, and standard_form.txt