The Methodological Application of Modern Historical Science to Qualitative Research

Iwasaki Yoko

No 143, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: Since the middle of the twentieth century criticism towards quantitative research tools in social sciences has gradually led to attempts to find a new methodology, called 'qualitative research'. At the same time, qualitative research has called for a reconsideration of the usefulness of many of the beneficial tools and methodologies that were discarded during the move to research based on the employment of quantitative research tools. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the essential elements of the qualitative research approach, and then argue for the possibility of introducing the old-established methodology of historical science into qualitative research, in order to raise the accuracy of the qualitative data.

Keywords: Qualitative research; Economics; Historical science; Field-work; Iran; Research and investigation; 質的研究; 経済学; 歴史学; フィールドワーク; イラン (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-03-01
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