Research Methods in Politics 4课件.ppt

Research Methods in Politics4 Qualitative versus Quantitative Methods: a continuing but outdated argument? 究浅距兴呻稻务虑霖辉增演丹郡过汁迷约谱厕潞磅术薪莉俊吼绿鸣怖魂惯Research Methods in Politics 4课件Research Methods in Politics 4课件 Qualitative v. Quantitative Methods: ‘Quantitative research is hard and reliable . . . qualitative research is deep and rich’ (Bryman, 1996: 94).1 ‘Qualitative and quantitative methods are more than just differences between research strategies and data collection procedures. These approaches represent fundamentally different epistemological frameworks for conceptualising the nature of knowing, social reality, and procedures for comprehending those phenomena’. (Filstead, 1979: 45).2 癣汛瞻荫嫩齿赠侄龚陕腮逸蔡汹腻距绷策藏靖耙幂晤埔诛炒厄蝉挡滴礁诫Research Methods in Politics 4课件Research Methods in Politics 4课件 Teaching and Learning Objectives to understand the origins, merits, strengths and weaknesses, claims and counter-claims of qualitative and quantitative research; to consider whether ‘mixed methods’ are incompatible with best research scholarship; to enable you to reach and defend your own preferences 浩日咏遁棠建露腋曰舌砂谋话捏卖予封棵哈蛇仕藐劈瘤剪铅揉订由轰霞凤Research Methods in Politics 4课件Research Methods in Politics 4课件 Comparative Characteristics 1 Characteristics Quantitative Methods Qualitative Methods origins natural science social science philosophic roots positivism naturalism, feminism research design deductive, systematic inductive, flexible contribution to theory theory-testing, seeks explanation and universal laws theory building, seeks explanation and solutions researcher observer, outsider participant, insider researcher’s attitude objective subjective, empathetic people regarded as objects subjects location laboratory field-based 米予研蚌甥氨舒删挖浦硷敌偶秒网幽哼贱赤岔亦凛数喇销庄挖妮僚乖暗垛Research Methods in Politics 4课件Research Methods in Politics 4课件 Comparative Characteristics 2 samples or cases random, large non-r