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Using mathematical statistics ethically in research in the social sciences and humanities
Title Using mathematical statistics ethically in research in the social sciences and humanities Author info Pavel Hanes, Dana Hanesová Author Hanes Pavel 1954- (40%) UMBPF10 - Katedra teológie a katechetiky
Co-authors Gibson William F. (10%)
Hanesová Dana 1961- (50%) UMBPF10 - Katedra teológie a katechetiky
Source document Komunikácie : vedecké listy Žilinskej univerzity : Scientific Letters of the University of Žilina. Vol. 20, no. 1A (2018), pp. 80-88. - Žilina : Žilinská univerzita, 2018 Keywords etika - ethics štatistika - statistics humanitné vedy - human sciences - humanities sociálne vedy - social sciences Language English Country Slovak Republic systematics 2 Annotation © 2018 University of Zilina. All rights reserved. The aim of the authors is to consider some of the ethical challenges caused by the use of statistical methods for research in the humanities and social sciences (specifically education sciences). Statistics has the potential to be a useful tool in the research methodology of these sciences but, on the other hand, it can be abused and misused when the scientists are not aware of its limitations and pre-conditions. Most of the problems arise with deciding what to do to try to answer their questions and how to collect the data. How the data are collected affects how the data are analysed, and how the data will be analysed should affect how the data are collected. The authors will make an introduction to the topic by showing the tension in choosing either quantitative (statistical) or qualitative methodology for research in the human and social sciences over recent decades. Then they will present some ethical consequences of the misuse of m Public work category ADN No. of Archival Copy 42794 Catal.org. BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici Database xpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ References PERIODIKÁ-Súborný záznam periodika 
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