Discovery as Basic Methodology of Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Abstract: The paper argues 1. that methodologies of qualitative research in psychology and the social sciences should be directed toward discoveries rather than reflexive interpretations. It gives a critical account of hermeneutics and the "interpretative paradigm" pointing to three drawbacks: inherent subjectivity of interpretations, restriction to Geisteswissenschaft or the qualitative form of data and a recent tendency of dissolution of rules in what is said to be a crisis of qualitative research (DENZIN & LINCOLN 1994, pp.577f.). (2.) A number of classical studies in psychology and sociology show that problems associated with hermeneutics can be overcome using discovery or explorative research strategies. (3.) The authors present the Hamburg qualitative heuristic methodology which is in line with various classical studies but makes its methodological decisions explicit. It describes four basic rules of data collection and data analysis, the process of heuristic research and verification .... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/977

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Discovery as Basic Methodology of Qualitative and Quantitative Research ; volume:2 ; number:1 ; day:28 ; month:02 ; year:2001 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 2, Heft 1 (28.02.2001)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Kleining, Gerhard ; Witt, Harald

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-2.1.977
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0101164
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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