Title
Ercikan, Kadriye, and Wolff-Michael Roth, "What Good is Polarizing Research into Qualitative and Quantitative? Educational Researcher, 35(June/July, 2006), 14-23.
Annotation
Conceives an eight dimension continuum from low-level to high-level inferences on which both quantitative and qualitative studies can be placed; calls for starting with research questions which then require different kinds of research methods and modes of inquiry to generate answers; collaboration among experts in different kinds of reserach methods may be required depending on where the study falls on the continuum.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline
Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research
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