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- Title
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH STRATEGIES AS PREREQUISITE FOR QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES.
- Authors
Poggenpoel, Marie; Myburgh, C.P.H.; Van Der Linde, Ch
- Abstract
For many years there has been a debate on what scientific research is about. Some researchers argue that quantitative research is the only kind of scientific research and scoff qualitative strategies, and recently visa versa has taken place. The authors of this article do not support any of these stances. They argue that scientific research depends on decisions made during the research process. The researcher is almost "funneled" in the research process through specific decisions s/he makes on the research road. For example: the problem that is identified and stated, the research question(s) and aim of the research will determine what research strategy the researcher is obliged to choose. In this way the authors do not view quantitative and qualitative research as in opposition to each other, but complementing each other in the search for the truth and the solution of research problems. They reason that qualitative inquiry actually precedes quantitative inquiry in the classical scientific method. By no means this article aims at providing research recipes, but rather attempts to demonstrate the richness and diversity in scientific research.
- Publication
Education, 2001, Vol 122, Issue 2, p408
- ISSN
0013-1172
- Publication type
Academic Journal