A tale of two cultures : qualitative and quantitative research in the social sciences /

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Author / Creator:Goertz, Gary, 1953-
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141170
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Other authors / contributors:Mahoney, James, 1968-
ISBN:9781400845446
1400845440
1283539993
9781283539999
9780691149714
0691149704
9780691149707
0691149712
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Online resource; title from home title page (PUP, viewed on Sept 13, 2012).
Summary:Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney demonstrate that these two paradigms constitute different cultures, each internally coherent yet marked by contrasting norms, practices, and toolkits. They identify and discuss major differences between these two traditions that touch nearly every aspect of social science research, including design, goals, causal effects and models, concepts and measurement, data analysis, and case selection. Although focused on the differences be.
Other form:Print version: Goertz, Gary, 1953- Tale of two cultures. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012 9780691149707
Standard no.:9786613852441