'Noisy, fallible and biased thought it be' (on the vagaries of educational research)

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 144-164

  Hamilton, David ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethics; Experimentation; Knowle dge; Measurement; Post positivism; Power; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036003086     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.t01-1-00195     Document Type: Review

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