🗓️ Lecture 05: Quantitative and qualitative research
🎯 Content and goals
- You understand how to differentiate and gain an overview over qualitative and quantitative methods.
- You can connect qualitative and quantitative methods to research designs and critically discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using qualitative or quantitative methods.
- You know the concept of (methodological) pluralism.
🖥️ Lecture Slides
The slides for this lecture will be made available here.
📚 Mandatory Reading
To be announced.
🏆 Further Readings
✍️ Exercises and coursework
No coursework for this lecture.
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References
Mahoney, J. and Goertz, G. (2006) “A tale of two cultures: Contrasting quantitative and qualitative research,” Political Analysis 14(3): 227–249.
Nowell, B. and Albrecht, K. (2019) “A reviewer’s guide to qualitative rigor,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(2): 348–363.