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Jaffe, A. J.; Spirer, Herbert F. – 1987
Numerous misuses of statistics are described and illustrated, and ways of recognizing and avoiding such misuse are discussed. The following five categories of statistical misuse are identified: a lack of knowledge of the subject matter, the quality of the basic data, the preparation of the study and the report, the statistical methodology, and a…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Methods Research, Quality Control, Research Problems
Brizuela, Bárbara M., Ed.; Stewart, Julie Pearson, Ed.; Carrillo, Romina G., Ed.; Berger, Jennifer Garvey, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2000
In this volume, researchers, practitioners, participants, and scholars address the proliferation of methodologies, ethical and disciplinary concerns, and issues of equity and diversity such research raises from a wide variety of viewpoints. "Acts of Inquiry in Qualitative Research" also presents a broad assortment of articles by authors…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Research Methodology