The article reports that research terminology such as 'diagnosis' and 'analysis' is used ambiguously and needs more careful definition¶

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q1 i? The meanings of 'diagnosis' and 'analysis' are so often inadequately stated that it is difficult to tell whether diagnosis refers to individual cases, class conditions, or larger organizational units. → Zirbes 1922

Evidence¶

Zirbes 1922¶

Zirbes, L. (1922). Research problems raised in recent issues of educational periodicals. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 13(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0074413

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The author's observation, in the section following the problem lists, that the literature shows a need for more adequate data and more careful definition of terms and usages. This is an interpretive assertion without data.

"It is often difficult to ascertain whether "diagnosis" refers to individual cases, to general class conditions or to larger units of organization."

Discussion¶

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