Qualitative Research Is Not a Paradigm: Commentary on Jackson (2015) and Landrum and Garza (2015)

The papers by Jackson (see record 2015-35231-004) and by Landrum and Garza (see record 2015-35231-005) consider the challenges of combining quantitative and qualitative research. While Jackson focuses on understanding the resistance to qualitative research and its lack of parity with quantitative re...

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Published in:Qualitative psychology (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2015-08, Vol.2 (2), p.214-220
Main Author: Madill, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Best Practices
Human
Methodology
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Methods
Quantitative Methods
Resistance
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Summary:The papers by Jackson (see record 2015-35231-004) and by Landrum and Garza (see record 2015-35231-005) consider the challenges of combining quantitative and qualitative research. While Jackson focuses on understanding the resistance to qualitative research and its lack of parity with quantitative research in psychology, Landrum and Garza’s starting point is the increasing ubiquity of qualitative research and of mixed method designs. However, central to the argument of both papers is that qualitative research is a particular kind of “thing.” This is a position with which Madill is in fundamental disagreement. Although each paper offers a careful articulation and sophisticated consideration of issues central to their respective concerns, many of these follow from the understanding of qualitative research as a paradigm so it is on this that Madill will focus in her commentary. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:2326-3601
2326-3598
2326-3598
2326-3601
DOI:10.1037/qup0000032