Challenging the Qualitative-quantitative Divide: Explorations in Case-focused Causal Analysis

Cooper, Barry/ Glaesser, Judith/ Gomm, Roger/ Hammersley, Martyn

ISBN 10: 1441171444 / ISBN 13: 9781441171443

Published by Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2012

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1st edition. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Challenging the Qualitative-quantitative Divide: Explorations in Case-focused Causal Analysis
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441171444
• ISBN 13: 9781441171443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

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Synopsis

An exploration of case-focused methods as a means of bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide and the key methodological issues.

About the Authors

Barry Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Education at Durham University, UK. From 2004-2007, he was co-editor of the British Educational Research Journal.

Judith Glaesser is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Durham University, UK

ROGER GOMM was previously Lecturer in Health and Social Welfare at the Open University, UK.

Martyn Hammersley is Professor of Educational and Social Research at the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning at The Open University. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books, including: Reading Ethnographic Research (1991); What's Wrong with Ethnography? (1992); The Politics of Social Research (1995); Taking Sides in Social Research (1999); Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice (2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (2008), and Methodology, Who Needs It? (2011).