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Dagmar Danko: Howie, in your latest book Evidence, you are challenging all statements saying “The data show that....” You are drawing attention to the fact that probably, “the data show something else entirely”. What do they show, then? Howard S. Becker: Sociologists like to present evidence to support what they say about the world. I am very strict about evidence, very sceptical when I’m told that “this data proves X, Y or Z”. Before I accept statements like that I try to find out what was actually observed and who did the observing.

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“Errors of measurement” or “Impact factors are just a gimmick”. An Interview with Howard S. Becker (2018)

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Dagmar Danko: Howie, in your latest book Evidence, you are challenging all statements saying “The data show that....” You are drawing attention to the fact that probably, “the data show something else entirely”. What do they show, then? Howard S. Becker: Sociologists like to present evidence to support what they say about the world. I am very strict about evidence, very sceptical when I’m told that “this data proves X, Y or Z”. Before I accept statements like that I try to find out what was actually observed and who did the observing.