Challenging the qualitative-quantitative divide explorations in case-focused causal analysis

• Main Authors: Cooper, Barry 1950- (Author), Glaesser, Judith (Author), Gomm, Roger (Author), Hammersley, Martyn (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Published: London Continuum 2012
• Subjects: Qualitative research > Methodology; Social sciences > Methodology; Causation; Quantitative research
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• Physical Description: vii, 272 p. ill. 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 1441171444 (hbk.); 9781441114396 (pbk.); 1441114394 (hbk.); 9781441171443 (hbk.); 9781441142207 (epub); 9781441100634 (pdf)

This book offers an exploration of case-focused methods as a means of bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide and the key methodological issues. This book challenges the divide between qualitative and quantitative approaches that is now institutionalized within social science. Rather than suggesting the 'mixing' of methods, "Challenging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide" provides a thorough interrogation of the arguments and practices characteristic of both sides of the divide, focusing on how well they address the common problems that all social research faces, particularly as regards causal analysis.