Educational research : the ethics and aesthetics of statistics, Paul Smeyers, Marc Depaepe, editors, (electronic book)

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Educational research : the ethics and aesthetics of statistics, Paul Smeyers, Marc Depaepe, editors, (electronic book)

Title remainder

the ethics and aesthetics of statistics

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electronic book

Statement of responsibility

Paul Smeyers, Marc Depaepe, editors

Instantiates

• Educational research : the ethics and aesthetics of statistics

Publication

• Dordrecht | New York, Springer, c2010

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Color

multicolored

Contents

Cover13; -- Contents -- 1 Representation or Hard Evidence? The Use of Statistics in Education and Educational Research -- Note -- References -- 2 The Lure of Statistics for Educational Researchers -- 2.1 The Roots of Quantification -- 2.2 The Adoption of Statistics by Professions -- 2.3 Educational Research as a Soft and Applied Field -- 2.4 One Problem with Quantifying Educational Research: Missing the Point -- 2.5 Another Problem with Quantifying Educational Research: Forcing a Rectangular Grid onto a Spherical World -- References -- 3 Dazzling Statistics? On the University Expansion in Flanders and the Need for Research into the History of Education that Transcends Quantifying Sociology -- 3.1 The Context -- 3.2 Problem Statement -- 3.3 Questions from History on the Use of Statistics in Social Sciences -- 3.3.1 Too General? -- 3.3.2 Too A-Historical? -- 3.3.3 Presentist Pitfalls? -- Notes -- References -- 4 Child Maltreatment in the Last 50 Years: The Use of Statistics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Diminution of the Prevalence of Maltreatment of Children? -- 4.3 No Diminution: Studies on the Prevalence of Child Maltreatment as Historical Sources -- 4.4 From Narrow to Broad: The Changing Definition of Child Maltreatment -- 4.5 The Impact of Children's Rights -- 4.6 Aesthetics of Statistics, or, the Appeal of Statistical Mapping for Policy-makers -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Constructing Social Unity and Presenting Clear Predictions: The Promise of Public Opinion Pollsters to Measure and Educate Society -- 5.1 The Creation of National Community: Dewey's and Gallup's Ethical Legitimation of Social Sciences and Polls -- 5.2 An Instrument for Democracy? Polls in the Public and Governmental Sphere -- 5.3 Contradictory Functions of Poll Statistics: Service for Efficient and Rational Government, National Coherence and the Gaining of Political Power -- 5.4 The Suggestive Aesthetics of Charts: The Clearness of Social Coherence or Camps, the Security of Prediction Due to Reliable Observation and Permanent Comparison -- 5.5 The Limits of Polls as an Instrument to Create the Great Communication Community -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 n = 1: The Science and Art of the Single Case in Educational Research -- 6.1 Quantitative Research Methods and the Predilection for Large Numbers -- 6.2 The Function of the Single Case Within a Quantitative Research Tradition -- 6.3 Different Forms of the Single Case -- 6.4 Generalising from the Single Case? -- 6.5 The Single Case as a Source of Conjecture and Refutation -- 6.6 Relating the Particular to the Particular -- 6.7 The Case as Offering a Vicarious Experience -- 6.8 Case Study: Science or Art? -- 6.9 Historical/Biographical Note -- Notes -- References -- 7 To Frame the Unframable: Quantifying Irregular Migrants' Presence -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Techniques for Estimating Irregular Migration Numbers -- 7.3 Counting the Uncountable: Some Conceptual Problems -- 7.3.1 Different Definitions, Different People -- 7.3.2 The Homogenisation of Complexity -- 7.4 Does It Make Sense To Say ... -- 7.5 Appendix 1: Methods for Stock Estimates -- 7.5 Appendix 2: Methods for Flow Estimates -- References -- 8 European Citizenship and Evidence-Based Happiness -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The New Science of Happiness -- 8.3 Beyond GDP -- 8.4 ''Learning to Be Together''; ''Keep on Learning''; ''Learning About Me'' -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 T

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SPR696806121

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1 online resource (viii, 224 p.)

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online

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9786613076052

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b2580833

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