Without a framework for thinking about this, I’m often unsure what I should be learning from qualitative studies, and I don’t always know when it makes sense to conduct them. (This seems related to the debate between cleometricians and counterfactual narrative historians; some discussion here, page 18)
When to use quantitative vs qualitative research
Without a framework for thinking about this, I’m often unsure what I should be learning from qualitative studies, and I don’t always know when it makes sense to conduct them. (This seems related to the debate between cleometricians and counterfactual narrative historians; some discussion here, page 18)
I don’t think this can be taught in one post, because you have to be able to actually use the research methods before you can decide which one to use.