Thinking critically about research: a step by step approach (1st)

We live in an age of unprecedented access to information.

The last decade has seen an exponential growth in data and material available, often at the touch of a button.

However, this has also made it harder to discern between fact and fiction.

What is real and what is fake? What should we believe and what should we reject? In an environment of information overload, a distrust of experts, the circulation of misinformation and false facts, and public debates based upon poor evidence, 'Thinking Critically About Research' comes at a vital juncture.