How to Cite
Ballard, Chet. 2010. “PEOPLE ARE NOT NUMBERS: QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/people-are-not-numbers-qualitative-and-quantitative.
Abstract
Large sample, survey-type quantitative methods do not dominate humanist sociology. Because humanist sociologists prefer value-committed work, research is typically qualitative in character, using modes of observation such as ethnographic fieldwork, case studies, participant observation, and unobtrusive methods. In this review of research methods in...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
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- Subject Area(s):
- Cultural Sociology
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- Essay
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