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ERIC Number: EJ411285
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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Coping with Communicentric Bias in Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences.
Gordon, Edmund W.; And Others
Educational Researcher, v19 n3 p14-19 Apr 1990
Examines several problems posed for empirical and theoretical research by the achievement of hegemony by one culture or system of thought over others. Discusses minority underrepresentation and its impact on knowledge production in education and the social sciences. Questions the universal utility of some highly respected tenets of science. (JS)
Descriptors: Bias, Cultural Differences, Educational Researchers, Experimenter Characteristics, Majority Attitudes, Minority Group Influences, Racial Discrimination, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Social Science Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED550096