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Calling to Account

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Educational Research - the Ethics and Aesthetics of Statistics

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The playwright Harold Pinter had some fun with the way people speak. Here, in 1958, is Mr. Fibbs, the factory manager, and Mr. Wills, the shop steward—the former anticipating that the men are about to down tools in demand for more pay or better conditions, the latter about to surprise him.

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  1. Institute of Education, London, UK

    Paul Standish

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  1. Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische We, Dunantlaan 1, Ghent, 9000, Belgium

    Paul Smeyers

  2. Campus Kortrijk, Subfaculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Sabbelaan 53, Kortrijk, 8500, Belgium

    Marc Depaepe

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Standish, P. (2010). Calling to Account. In: Smeyers, P., Depaepe, M. (eds) Educational Research - the Ethics and Aesthetics of Statistics. Educational Research, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9873-3_14

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