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- Title
Funding Large-Scale Qualitative Sociology.
- Authors
Lidz, Charles W.; Ricci, Edmund
- Abstract
It is informed that since the end of World War II, American sociology has increasingly been divided into two camps. One side has been mainstream positivistic research typified by large survey research studies but including various studies of pre-existing data bases compiled by government agencies and other formal organizations. The second type of research has consisted typically of one or two person studies with little or no funding and minimal resources. Ethnographic and in depth interview studies are the prototypes of this sort of research. These qualitative studies have typically lacked very explicit and highly standardized methodologies and have been based on more theoretical than methodological planning. Although theoretical studies have some enormous advantages, even those who are most committed to them must recognize that, as typically conducted, they have important theoretical and practical limitations. One common problem is the difficulty in knowing whether one's findings are universal to the types of settings or groups studied or whether they are particular to the occasion under study, i.e., whether or not the results are representative.
- Subjects
SOCIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT agencies; QUALITATIVE research; RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL sciences
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 1990, Vol 13, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00989682