Chi Hui-ying says that different researchers have come to vastly different conclusions about the reasons for the lag in aboriginal mathematical achievement, which vary according the relative experience of the researchers and the depth of their understanding about tribal people's lives.
紀惠英認為，對於原住民的數學成就低落的解讀，受限於研究者的經驗及深入原住民部落的程度，不同研究者的解釋常常很不相同。