What Quantitative Research Is and Why It Doesn't Work.

Krenz, Claudia; Sax, Gilbert

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Publication Date: 1986

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What Quantitative Research Is and Why It Doesn't Work.

Krenz, Claudia; Sax, Gilbert

American Behavioral Scientist, v30 n1 p58-69 Sep-Oct 1986

Reviews persistent criticisms of quantitative research methodologies such as the lack of isomorphism between measures and "reality," its failure to produce "truths" useful to educational practice, the faulty use of statistics, and the poorly understood notion of causality. (JDH)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnography, Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis

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Language: English

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