THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION - A LEGACY OF KUHNS INCOMMENSURABILITY THESIS

Authors
NIAZ M
Citation
M. Niaz, THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION - A LEGACY OF KUHNS INCOMMENSURABILITY THESIS, Perceptual and motor skills, 82(2), 1996, pp. 617-618
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
82
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
617 - 618
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1996)82:2<617:TCBQAQ>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
It is suggested that the Kuhnian incommensurability thesis, a major so urce of inspiration for qualitative researchers, represents an obstacl e for a meaningful dialogue between qualitative and quantitative resea rchers in education.