In contrast to qualitative and theoretical approaches, the mainstream of quantitative research often still finds it difficult to incorporate modern concepts of diversity and intersectionality into its work. This article aims to highlight various aspects in which large studies and their evaluations marginalise or ignore certain parts of the population. In surveying data, large-scale surveys like the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) often not only operate on a binary gender concept but also do not differentiate between a person gender identity and their social gender. In addition, commonly used methods keep unequal distributions invisible. Nonbinary people are virtually invisible, unequal benefits for women remain hidden and the intersectional diversity inside the broad gender categories poses challenges to the mainstream of quantitative research in adult education. Therefore, there is a need for a feminist approach to statistical methods and quantitative research and in particular a feminist approach to a careful and critical interpretation.

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为定量研究中更多的女权主义方法提供案例：成人教育研究中常用的定量方法如何边缘化和过度简化多样化和交叉人群

与定性和理论方法相比，定量研究的主流仍然发现很难将现代的多样性和交叉性概念纳入其工作。本文旨在强调大型研究及其评估边缘化或忽视人口某些部分的各个方面。在调查数据中，像国际成人能力评估计划 (PIAAC) 这样的大规模调查通常不仅基于二元性别概念，而且不区分个人性别认同和社会性别。此外，常用的方法使不等分布不可见。非二元人几乎是隐形的，对妇女的不平等利益仍然隐藏，广泛的性别类别内的交叉多样性对成人教育定量研究的主流提出了挑战。因此，需要对统计方法和定量研究采取女权主义方法，特别是对仔细和批判性解释采取女权主义方法。