Figure facts: Encouraging undergraduates to take a data-centered approach to reading primary literature

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Round, Jennifer E ^a   Campbell, A Malcolm ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROSCIENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLICATION; READING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME;

ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLICATIONS; READING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874866699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-07-0057     Document Type: Article

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