Resisting Normality through a Nonbinary Quantitative Method

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ID8924433
AuthorsBryan J Duarte (0000-0003-4414-8982, Purdue University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume60
Issue1
Pages41-55
Publication date2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131946.2024.2308694
OpenAlexW4391757157
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited48

Critical quantitative methods provide opportunities for Queer Theory to challenge, re-define, and re-claim the historically privileged research tradition. In this paper, I begin by summarizing the various binaries that oppress research and individuality. I then engage with Queer Theory and my own intersectional positionality to propose a nonbinary quantitative methodology. Next, I draw on various examples to demonstrate the possibilities for how quantitative research can be nonbinary when it challenges objectivity, acknowledges intersectionality, combines multiple theories, redefines quantitative measures, blurs methodological boundaries, and/or re-appropriates research for action. The paper concludes with a summary of how a nonbinary quantitative method intentionally acknowledges positionality and is deeply grounded in intersectionality to challenge deficit and majoritarian narratives and research practices implied by more traditional quantitative approaches

Epistemology · Intersectionality · Linguistics · Narrative · Normality · Objectivity (philosophy · Quantitative analysis (chemistry · Queer · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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