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By: Tyler Hicks
In:The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139
Subject:Special & Inclusive Education (general), Emotional Intelligence
Keywords:positivism; sensation

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Positivism

Positivism denotes a vague picture rather than precise thesis. In this picture, scientists accept the content of observable phenomena as posits in need of no further explication. Religion (i.e., theology) and metaphysics ...

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  Hicks, T. 2018. Positivism. In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139> [Accessed 30 Nov 2023].
  
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