Qualitative variations: the sources of divergent qualitative methodological approaches

Kendra Koivu () and Erin Damman ()

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2015, vol. 49, issue 6, 2617-2632

Abstract: Epistemological differences between positivists and interpretivists and methodological divisions between quantitative and qualitative scholars elide very important divisions within qualitative methods based on ontology. These differences can lead qualitative methodologists to make conflicting prescriptions and embrace incompatible standards. Though divergent standards may divide qualitative methodologists, what unite them are similar tools. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Qualitative methods; Set theory; Interpretive methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0131-7

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