PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND THE QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE DEBATES - 13 COMMON ERRORS

Authors
SHADISH WR
Citation
Wr. Shadish, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND THE QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE DEBATES - 13 COMMON ERRORS, Evaluation and program planning, 18(1), 1995, pp. 63-75
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Evaluation and program planning → ACNP
ISSN journal
01497189
Volume
18
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
63 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0149-7189(1995)18:1<63:POSATQ>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
One of the most important benefits of the qualitative-quantitative deb ate in evaluation has been the increased awareness it has brought eval uators about philosophy of science. But evaluators are rarely philosop hers, and consequently their presentations of philosophical material m ay contain errors. This article highlights thirteen common errors of t his kind, and discusses some implications of these errors for the quan titative-qualitative debate.