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data phobic en · ADJ
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Tending to avoid using data in decision-making; preferring intuition, tradition, or authority to data-based decisions.
I think people in our field are a bit data phobic. They are not trained to work with it. They are not trained to use it and interpret it.
2008, Bonita Stanton, Jennifer Galbraith, Linda Kaljee, The Uncharted Path from Clinic-based to Community-based Research:Many people are data phobic and unwilling to engage with data to make decisions.
2014, Zach Gemignani, Chris Gemignani, Richard Galentino, Data Fluency, →ISBN:That may not be a welcome suggestion; many proponents of data-driven instruction will swear that teachers are historically "data phobic."
2006, Eric Jensen, Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential, →ISBN:
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