Posted: September 16th, 2016

How to read and analyse the scientific literature. Intent: Science isn’t just about performing experiments and interpreting data.

Assessment item 3: How to read and analyse the scientific literature. Intent: Science isn’t just about performing experiments and interpreting data. It is also about examining those results in the context of the published literature. The published literature is also a vast repository of methodologies and results that you can use to guide your own experimental work. However, to the untrained eye, interpreting whether the information in the literature is useful or not can be of extreme difficulty. This task and assessment will teach you how to critically analyse the scientific literature and extract the important and useful information. Objectives: For you to demonstrate that you can understand and interpret the major concepts and results presented in an example piece of scientific literature in proteomics and the experimental approaches taken in the study. This assessment task contributes to the development of the following graduate attributes: 1. Disciplinary knowledge and its appropriate application 2. An Inquiry-oriented approach 3. Professional skills and their appropriate application 4. Ability and motivation for continued intellectual development 5. Communication skills Task: An article will be provided for you to read and study carefully. The A.nnotate tool will be used for you to make comments and observations about the article, rating its relevance to the greater scientific field, its rigorous use of appropriate analytical techniques and noting any flaws.