In Search of a Realistic Research Perspective: A Response to Fein, and Walsh and King.

Zimiles, Herbert

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ERIC Number: EJ474793

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Publication Date: 1993

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In Search of a Realistic Research Perspective: A Response to Fein, and Walsh and King.

Zimiles, Herbert

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v8 n3 p401-05 Sep 1993

Responds to commentaries in this issue by Greta Fein and by Daniel Walsh and Gary King on criticisms of quantitative research. Argues that the data-driven nature of child development research has an impact not only on how research questions are answered but on what questions are asked in the first place. (MDM)

Descriptors: Child Development, Criticism, Data, Day Care, Day Care Effects, Early Childhood Education, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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