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Searching for Campus Trends: Ambiguities in the Study of Higher Education
- The Review of Higher Education
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 19, Number 1, Fall 1995
- pp. 111-120
- 10.1353/rhe.1995.0005
- Article
- Additional Information
This essay, based on the author’s experience over the past decade with the Campus Trends study, focuses on three elements of the research process: the choice of issues, the wording of questions, and the interpretation of findings. Examples from the Campus Trends project highlight the uncertainties inherent in research inquiry and the possibilities for misinterpretation that remain even when good research procedures are followed.