Turning qualitative into quantitative evidence
A Well-Used Method Made Explicit1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3325895 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A W Carus (University of Cambridge), Sheilagh Ogilvie (0000-0001-8807-3826, University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 893-925 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00486.x |
| OpenAlex | W1994798434 |
| Language | IT |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 72 |
Many historians reject quantitative methods as inappropriate to understanding past societies. This article argues that no sharp distinction between qualitative and quantitative concepts can be drawn, as almost any concept used to describe a past society is implicitly quantitative. Many recent advances in understanding have been achieved by deriving quantitative evidence from qualitative evidence, using the two dialectically, and indexing them against other quantitative findings from the same population. We show that this triangulation method can be extended to many apparently qualitative sources. Despite its successes, the potential of turning qualitative into quantitative evidence has only just begun to be exploited
Epistemology · Geometry · Machine learning · Population · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Quantitative analysis (chemistry) · Quantitative assessment · Quantitative Research · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Triangulation · Chemistry · Computer Science · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |