Challenging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide: Explorations in Case-Focused Causal Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781441171443 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 288 str.

Judith Glaesser

Opis

Offers an exploration of case-focused methods as a means of bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide and the key methodological issues. This book 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.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: Problems with Quantitative and Qualitative Research 1. 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 Achievement 6. Creating Typologies: Comparing Fuzzy Qualitative Comparative Analysis with Fuzzy Cluster Analysis 7. Analytic Induction versus Qualitative Comparative Analysis Conclusion References Index