Challenging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide

Explorations in Case-Focused Causal Analysis

AvBarry Cooper,Judith Glaesser

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This book challenges the divide between qualitative and quantitative approaches that is now institutionalized within social science. Rather than suggesting the 'mixing' of methods, Challenging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide provides a thorough interrogation of the arguments and practices characteristic of both sides of the divide, focusing on how well they address the common problems that all social research faces, particularly as regards causal analysis. The authors identify some fundamental weaknesses in both quantitative and qualitative approaches, and explore whether case-focused analysis - for instance, in the form of Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Analytic Induction, Grounded Theorising, or Cluster Analysis - can bridge the gap between the two sides.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-08
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441100634
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:Continuum Research Methods

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Barry Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Education at Durham University, UK. From 2004-2007, he was co-editor of the British Educational Research Journal.Judith Glaesser is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Durham University, UK.Roger Gomm, now retired, was Lecturer in Health and Welfare at the Open University, UK. He has a long experience of ethnographic research in both the UK and internationally, and of bespoke evaluation research. Martyn Hammersley is Professor of Educational and Social Research at the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning at The Open University. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books, including: Reading Ethnographic Research (1991); What's Wrong with Ethnography? (1992); The Politics of Social Research (1995); Taking Sides in Social Research (1999); Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice (2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (2008), and Methodology, Who Needs It? (2011).

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Highly Commended – Society for Educational Studies Annual Book Prize 2013

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Introduction Part I: Problems with Quantitative and Qualitative Research1. What's Wrong with Quantitative Research? 2. Quantitative Research on Meritocracy: The Problem of Inference from Outcomes to Opportunities 3. Qualitative Causal Analysis: Grounded Theorising and the Qualitative Survey 4. Qualitative Research and the Fallacies of Composition and Division: The Case of Ethnic Inequalities in Educational Achievement Part II: Exploring Case-Focused Approaches to Causal Analysis 5. Set Theoretic versus Correlational Methods: the Case of Ability and Educational Achievement6. Creating Typologies: Comparing Fuzzy Qualitative Comparative Analysis with Fuzzy Cluster Analysis 7. Analytic Induction versus Qualitative Comparative Analysis Conclusion References Index