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   Qualitative-Quantitative Research Methodology: Exploring the Interactive Continuum » Read Now

   by Isadore Newman, Carolyn R. Benz. 224 pgs.

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   Rejecting the artificial dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative research strategies in the social and behavioral sciences, Isadore Newman and Carolyn R. Benz argue that the two approaches are neither mutually exclusive nor interchangeable; rather, the actual relationship between the two...

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   Rejecting the artificial dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative research strategies in the social and behavioral sciences, Isadore Newman and Carolyn R. Benz argue that the two approaches are neither mutually exclusive nor interchangeable; rather, the actual relationship between the two paradigms is one of isolated events on a continuum of scientific inquiry. Through graphic and narrative descriptions, Newman and Benz show research to be a holistic endeavor in the world of inquiry. To clarify their argument, they provide a diagram of the "qualitative-quantitative interactive continuum" showing that qualitative analysis with its feedback loops can easily modify the types of research questions asked in quantitative analysis research and that the quantitative analysis results and its feedback can change what will be asked qualitatively. In their model for research - an "interactive continuum" - Newman and Benz emphasize four major points: the research question dictates the selection of research methods; consistency between question and design can lead to a method of critiquing research studies in journals; the interactive continuum model is built around the place of theory; and the assurance of "validity" of research is central to all studies.

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   When Marxists Do Research ("The Philosophics Reject the Research Tools of Contemporary Social Science" begins on p. 123) » Read Now

   by Pauline Marie Vaillancourt. 208 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...using the empiricist procedures of contemporary social sci ence. The research tools of empiricism emphasize quantifiable observation. The structuralists argue that the...
   
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   Quantitative Methods for Historians: A Guide to Research, Data, and Statistics » Read Now

   by Konrad H. Jarausch, Kenneth A. Hardy. 247 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...claims. For many readers quantitative research also remains boring and...presenting the major steps of quantitative research from question to data to...certain sequence in...
   
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   A Conceptual Introduction to Modeling: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives » Read Now

   by David W. Britt. 219 pgs.

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   ...Standard practice in quantitative research judges the credibility...both qualitative and quantitative researchers agree that rigor, conscientiousness...presence of...
   
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   Research Methods in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis (Chap. 17 "Adding Independent Variables-Complex between Groups Designs: Analysis and Interpretation") » Read Now

   by Jeffrey A. Gliner, George A. Morgan. 472 pgs.

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   The authors of this unique text found that while most students can "crunch" the numbers quite easily and accurately with a calculator or computer, many have trouble seeing the "big picture" or seeing how research questions and design influence data analysis. As a result, the authors developed a...

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   The authors of this unique text found that while most students can "crunch" the numbers quite easily and accurately with a calculator or computer, many have trouble seeing the "big picture" or seeing how research questions and design influence data analysis. As a result, the authors developed a semantically consistent framework that integrates traditional research approaches (experimental, quasi-experimental, comparative) into three basic kinds of research questions (difference, associational, and descriptive), which, in turn, lead to three kinds or groups of statistics with the same names. This text: *helps students become good consumers of research by demonstrating how to analyze and evaluate research articles; *offers a number of summarizing diagrams and tables that clarify confusing or difficult to learn topics; *points out the value of qualitative research and how it should lead quantitative researchers to be more flexible; *divides all quantitative research questions into five logically consistent categories that help students select appropriate statistics and understand their cause and effect; and *classifies design into three major types: between groups, within subjects, and mixed groups and shows that, although these three types use the same general type of statistics (e.g., ANOVA), the specific statistics in between-groups design are different from those in within-subjects and mixed groups.

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   A Case for the Case Study ("The Debate over Reliability and Validity" begins on p. 17 and "The Feminist Critique of Quantitative Methods" begins on p. 225) » Read Now

   by Joe R. Feagin, Anthony M. Orum, Gideon Sjoberg. 290 pgs.

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   The Complementary Virtues of Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Reply to Altheide, in Social Forces » Read Now

   by David P. Phillips. 3 pgs.

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   ...Qualitative and Quantitative Research: Reply to Altheide...In contrast, much quantitative research (including mine...qualitative and quantitative approaches are...
   
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   Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approaches in Education, in Education » Read Now

   by Katsuko Hara. 5 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   ...different research needs. The quantitative research approach endlessly pursues...viewpoint is central. The quantitative research approach is used when the...is Behind the...
   
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   Quantity and Quality in Social Research » Read Now

   by Alan Bryman. 198 pgs.

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    Quantitative Methods and Contemporary Sociology in Francophone Quebec, in Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology » Read Now

    by Andre Blais, Francois Beland. 24 pgs.

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    ...framework. This text deals with quantitative research in Quebec sociology. It...determine the significance of quantitative research in relation to sociological...determine...
    
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    Statistics: An Introduction to Quantitative Economic Research » Read Now

    by Daniel B. Suits. 260 pgs.

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    ...STATISTICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE ECONOMIC RESEARCH Daniel B. Suits UNIVERSITY...mathematical form. The problem of quantitative research is that of finding a...
    
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    Toward a Potential Integration of Interpretative and Quantitative Research in Psychology: A Reply to Shadish, and Rosenblatt and Howes, in American Journal of Community Psychology » Read Now

    by Thomas A. Rizzo, William A. Corsaro. 11 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

    ...integration of interpretative and quantitative research in psychology: a reply to...integration of interpretive and quantitative research, and our response is...
    
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    Quantitative Methods in Psychology » Read Now

    by Don Lewis. 564 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

    ...well versed in mathematics and statistics, while serving as research assistants, made very substantial contributions. I am glad...them. They have retained their interest in...
    
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    Quantitative Geography: Techniques and Theories in Geography » Read Now

    by John P. Cole, Cuchlaine A. M. King. 692 pgs.

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    ...in much historical research: A more self- conscious...M. Mayergoyzs Quantitative Methods of Research in Economic Geography...Dept. of Geography, Research Paper No. 53...I...
    
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    Quantitative Methods in Politics » Read Now

    by Stuart A. Rice. 334 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

    ...performance, yet the "volume" of quantitative research has greatly increased since...involved in the construction of a quantitative science of politics. To fellow...results...