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What You Can (and Can't) Do with Qualitative Research
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Quantitative methods are usually the most appropriate if you want to find out social facts or the causes of some phenomenon.
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This paper reports findings from a national survey of British sociology students' attitudes towards quantitative methods.
Sociology, 42 (5), 1003-21 (2008)
DOI 10.1177/0038038508094576
http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/42/5/1003
'Does British sociology count? Sociology students' attitudes toward quantitative methods'
Malcolm Williams, University of Plymouth, UK
Geoff Payne, University of Newcastle, UK
Liz Hodgkinson, University of Plymouth, UK
Donna Poade, University of Plymouth, UK |
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How useful is the distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods? This paper argues that it is best to treat research methods as a continuum from which we select methods depending on our research question.
Educational Researcher, 35 (5), 14-23 (2006)
DOI 10.3102/0013189X035005014
http://edr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/35/5/14
'What good is polarizing research into qualitative and quantitative?'
Kadriye Ercikan, University of Victoria, Canada
Wolff-Michael Roth, University of Victoria, Canada
EXERCISES
- How far are (a) qualitative (b) quantitative methods suitable for your research topic?
- What difference does it make to the methodology you use if you are looking for facts or 'facts'?
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What reasons are there for combining qualitative and quantitative methods and what happens when we do combine them? Bryman's paper reviews over 200 social science articles to see what happens in practice.
Qualitative Research, 6 (1), 97-113 (2006)
DOI 10.1177/1468794106058877
http://qrj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/1/97
'Integrating quantitative and qualitative research: how is it done?'
Alan Bryman, University of Leicester, UK |
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Is it possible to synthesize qualitative and quantitative research findings? This paper examines over 40 research papers on HIV/AIDS to try to answer this question.
Field Methods, 20 (1), 3-25 (2008)
DOI 10.1177/1525822X07307463
http://fmx.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/20/1/3
'Making sense of qualitative and quantitative findings in mixed research synthesis studies'
Corrine I. Voils, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, USA
Margarete Sandelowski, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
Julie Barroso, Duke University School of Nursing, USA
Victor Hasselblad, Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, USA
EXERCISES
- List the reasons why it might make sense for you to combine qualitative and quantitative methods on your research project.
- Now review the counter-argument. For example, if you are thinking of using multiple methods, consider whether quantitative methods are appropriate to your theoretical model and whether you would have the time to do a good job by using multiple methods.
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