The reviewer asserts education is entering a second stage in the use of statistics: from blind descriptive arithmetic toward discovery of scientific law and prediction¶
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q1 i? The reviewer claims the 'statistics is arithmetic' stage of using frequency, averages, dispersion and correlation blindly is practically passed, and education is entering a stage of using statistics for discovery of scientific law and prediction. → H. O. R 1922
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H. O. R 1922¶
H. O. R. (1922). New Publications. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeduropsych
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The reviewer's interpretive claim in the 1922 review, stating "The 'statistics is arithmetic' stage in which we used frequency, averages, dispersion and correlation, blindly, is practically passed." No evidence is offered beyond the reviewer's judgment.
"There is little doubt but that we are entering upon the second stage in the use of statistics by students of education."
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Related Claims¶
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The reviewer asserts education is entering a second stage in the use of statistics: from blind descriptive arithmetic toward discovery of scientific law and prediction |
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The reviewer asserts education is entering a second stage in the use of statistics: from blind descriptive arithmetic toward discovery of scientific law and prediction |
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