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Qualitative research: I did a semi-science degree in Psychology, classed as a Bachelor of Science. The textbooks tried to classify scientific method in 3 ways: quantitative (experimental), correlative (surveys) and qualitative (text based).
They characterised qualitative research as being more appropriate for the complex nature of human behaviour.
Example ideas
''Meaning is context-bound and there are infinite contexts'
'emotions could not be operationalised and therefore quantized',
'humans are inextricably linked into a meaningful culture mediated by language/symbols',
'People are self-interpreting, act according to how they make sense of themselves/world and are constantly changing. People build their selves/worlds and behave intentionally, interact with others.
'good descriptions must come before explanations. Every ‘event’ (thought, feeling, memory) is about something'. The something is the ‘intentional object’. Holistic sense of meaning & contexts; appropriate for complex phenomenon.
What do you think of this?