"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking." John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." William James (1842–1910)
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Useful Study Skill Texts - Burns, T. and Sinfield, S. (2012) Essential Study Skills: A complete guide to success at University (3rd ed) London: Sage [google books]
- Cottrell, S. (2008) The Study Skills Handbook (3rd ed) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan [full text 2nd ed][amazon]
- Cottrell, S. (2005) Critical Thinking Skills (3rd ed) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan [amazon]
- Wallace, M. and Wray, A. (2011) Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (2nd ed) London: Sage [amazon]
- Price, M. (2013) Lab Reports and Projects in Sport and Exercise Science. Harlow: Pearson [amazon]
Research through Electronic Resources
Research Methods - Evans,I., Thornton, H. and Chalmers, I. (2010 ) Testing Treatments: Better research for better healthcare. Pinter & Martin Limited [full text]
- Gratton, C. & Jones, I. (2009) Research Methods in Sports Studies (2nd Ed.) Routledge [companion website]
- Jones,
I., Brown, L. and Holloway, I. (2013) Qualitative Research in Sport and
Physical Activity. London: Sage.o
- National Health Service (2006) Research Governance Framework for Health & Social Care (2nd Ed) [full text]
Reviewing Literature
- Greenhalgh, T. (2010) How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine (4th Ed.) Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell [google books]
- Seals,
D.R. and Tanaka (2000) Manuscript peer review: a helpful checklist for students
and novice referees. Advan in Physiol Edu
23:S52-58 [full
text]
- Haskins, G. (2006) A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking. Online. [Click here]
- Lipman, T.O. (2013) Critical Reading and Critical Thinking - Study Design
and Methodology: A Personal Approach on How to Read the Clinical Literature Nutr Clin Pract. Vol. 28:158-164 [full text]
- Doing a literature review - University of Leicester [click here]
- The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It — from the University of Toronto [click here]
- What is critical reading> - University of Leicester [click here]
- Exploring Logical Fallacies - [click here]
- How to do a literature search — guidance from The Robert Gordon University library [click here]
- DC's Improbable Science Blog - www.dcscience.net
- Science, Reason and Critical Thinking - A blog - http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com
- The Skeptics Dictionary - [Click here]
- Science-Based Medicine - Click here for a resource guide on a number of controversial scientific subjects
- Sport Science Journal Club - A new journal every week with points to consider and collated critique at the end of the week [click here]
- The Strength of evidence podcast - the scientific method, critical analysis etc [click here]
Statistical Analysis
- Morrow, J.R., Jackson, A.W., Disch, J.G. and Mood, D.P. (2011) Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance (4th Ed.) Champaign, IL; Human Kinetics [google books]
- Newell, J., Aitchison, T and Grant, S. (2010) Statistics for Sports and Exercise Science. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.[companion website]
- Dancey, C. P., Reidy, J. G. and Rowe, R. (2012) Statistics for the Health Sciences: A Non-Mathematical Introduction. London: Sage [companion website]
- Andy Fields statisticshell.com website
- StatsDirect - glossary and descriptions of most statistical analyses
- A Statistics Dictionary from answers.com
- Whichtest.info helps users to decide on the most suitable statistical analysis
- Satistics for the Terrified
- Sportsci.org - Dr Will Hopkins resource is thorough and uses many examples from the world of Sport Science
- Probability associated with inferential statistics - An RLO by David Justham & Heather Wharrad
- Descriptive Statistics for Interval and ratio - An RLO by David Justham & Heather Wharrad
- A range of stats resources are also available at http://www.stats-class.com/default2.htm
- http://www.stats-class.com/default2.htm - A series of lecture notes, links and tasks.
- SPSS - online training workshop from developed by Dr Carl Lee, Dr Felix Famoye of Central Michigan Univ.
- http://www.badscience.net/category/statistics/ - Ben Goldacre's site to accompany the book of the same name.
- Top 50 Statistics blogs of 2011
Producing coursework
- Writing for science - University of Leicester [click here]
- Writing academically - University of Reading [click here]
- Click here for information on writing Lab Reports (from MMU Cheshire)
- Click here for more info on lab reports (Univ of Toronto)
- Designing Conference posters - by Colin Purrington [click here]
- How to produce a box and whisker plot in excel [youtube]
Referencing
- Harvard referencing - Marjon student regulations
- MARGen - Marjon Academic Referencing Generator
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Click here to be able to have Harvard referencing in Word 2007 citation function
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Click here for an A4 poster on Harvard referencing Marjon-style
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Exams
- skills4study guide to exams [click here for link]
- University of Cambridge - tips on taking exams [click here for link]
- Dr Ah-Clem's reviewed list of web resources for improving exam performance [ click here for link]
- Marjon student support guide to taking exams [click here for pdf]
More Resources
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