Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods

Qualitative research...Science or pseudo-science?

Michael Morgan returns to the quantitative vs. qualitative debate. Neil Cooper and Chris Stevenson suggest that Michael Morgan fails to consider that science is a social activity. Carol Sherrard argues for the coexistence of qualitative and quantitative methods. Michael Morgan attempts to summarise the main questions that divide the participants in the debate.

18 October 1998

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