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ERIC Number: EJ215962
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Feb
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The Soft Side of Hard Data: Education Statistics as a Human Process.
Bogdan, Robert
Phi Delta Kappan, v61 n6 p411-12 Feb 1980
Presents eight assumptions to help people understand quantification not only as it is traditionally approached--as a method of measuring reality--but also as a method of shaping reality. The categories we use in creating statistics change the way we perceive the world. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Perception, Statistical Data, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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