Quantitative Methods in Comparative Education and Other Disciplines: are they valid?
Comparison is the essence of science and the field of comparative and international education, like many of the social sciences, has been dominated by quantitative methodological approaches. This paper raises fundamental questions about the utility of regression analysis for causal inference. It exa...
Main Author: | Steven J. Klees |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2017-09-01
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Series: | Educação & Realidade |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-62362017000300841&lng=es&nrm=iso |
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