The dispute over the value of qualitative versus quantitative approaches to social research originated in early 20th-century debate. This study of American sociologist, Herbert Blumer, describes his writings on methodology and his strategies for qualitative research, still controversial today.
Dilemma Qualitative Method Summary
Dilemma Qualitative Method by Martyn Hammersley
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Table of Contents
Philosophy and the human sciences in the 19th century; pragmatism; Chicago sociology; case study versus statistics - the rise of sociological positivism; against the trend - Blumer's critique of quantitative method; Blumer's concept of science; Blumer's alternative - naturalistic research; an assessment of naturalistic research.
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