{"id":108,"date":"2020-10-26T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/covid-19\/?p=108"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:16:08","slug":"how-read-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/about-bmj\/resources-readers\/publications\/how-read-paper","title":{"rendered":"How To Read A Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this page you will find links to articles in the <em>BMJ<\/em> that explain how to read and interpret different kinds of research papers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/315\/7110\/740?ijkey=Wkk2DwA2b9JpM&amp;keytype=ref&amp;siteid=bmjjournals\">Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)<\/a> Trisha Greenhalgh, Rod Taylor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/315\/7109\/672?ijkey=i4KrZYjNSaatI&amp;keytype=ref&amp;siteid=bmjjournals\">Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)<\/a> Trisha Greenhalgh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/315\/7108\/596?ijkey=IsRB4P7LsCjbY&amp;keytype=ref&amp;siteid=bmjjournals\">Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)<\/a> Trisha Greenhalgh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/315\/7107\/540?ijkey=xYsqqY2WbKwT2&amp;keytype=ref&amp;siteid=bmjjournals\">Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests<\/a> Trisha Greenhalgh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/315\/7106\/480?ijkey=EL9O7WoDnHvyE&amp;keytype=ref&amp;siteid=bmjjournals\">Papers that report drug trials<\/a> Trisha Greenhalgh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/315\/7105\/422?ijkey=2zTSk1805z8AI&amp;keytype=ref&amp;siteid=bmjjournals\">Statistics for the non-statistician. 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