Social Science Research Findings and Educational Policy Dilemmas: Some Additional Distinctions

Creator

Steven I. Miller
Marcel Fredericks

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

January 2000

Abstract

The article attempts to raise several distinctions regarding the presumed relationship of social science research findings to social policy making. The distinctions are made using Glymour's critique of the Bell Curve. An argument is made that (1) social science models and research findings are largely irrelevant to the actual concerns of policy makers and (2) what is relevant, but overlooked by Glymour, is how ideological factors mediate the process. The forms that ideological mediation may take are indicated.

Extent

15

Volume

8

Issue

3

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00147

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Steven I. and Fredericks, Marcel, "Social Science Research Findings and Educational Policy Dilemmas: Some Additional Distinctions" (2000). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 362.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/362