Closing Down the Conversation
The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate Among Educational Inquirers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9730979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John K Smith (University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author), Lous Heshusius (York University) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1174482 |
| OpenAlex | W4245262033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 139 |
| References cited | 37 |
The contention of this paper is that the claim of compatibility and the call for cooperation between quantitative and qualitative inquiry cannot be sustained. Moreover, these claims have the unfortunate effect of closing down an important conversation. To elaborate these points, this paper briefly reviews the transition from conflict to cooperation between the two perspectives and then notes how compatibility is based on a confusion over two different definitions of method. Finally, the discussion focuses on why this conversation, because it invokes issues crucial to our understanding of who we are and what we do as inquirers, must be reinvigorated
Closing (real estate · Confusion · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Epistemology · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
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| Unique citing works | 134 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,48 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2025 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 138 |