The Obviousness of Social and Educational Research Results

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ID9730759
AuthorsN L Gage (0000-0003-2837-3653, Stanford University, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume20
Issue1
Pages10
Publication date1991-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1176156
OpenAlexW4254989957, W2098919080
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

Highly estimable writers have averred that well nigh all of the results of social and educational research are obvious, that is, could have been predicted without doing the research. To examine the justifiability of this allegation, one should examine its accord with actual research results. Thus, is it a "truism" that higher achievement comes about when students spend more time with the subject matter? That smaller groups are easier to control than larger groups? Do judges regard actual results as more obvious and statements of their opposites as nonobvious ? Both the century-old research results of Joseph Mayer Rice and recent results throw light on these issues

Allegation · Control (management · Curriculum · Economics · Educational research · Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Subject matter · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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