read, Wade suspected researchers were analyzing only selected passages that supported their arguments, not the entirety of the texts. Researchers also offered little discussion about where these books were actually being used (i.e., states; school districts, etc.). She concluded the primary weakness of textbook content analyses was they “produced remarkably similar conclusions….almost every researcher finds the topic chosen for study has not been given adequate attention or is presented in a biased, stereotypical or otherwise inaccurate manner” (p. 248).