Societal challenges and big qualitative data require a new era of methodological pragmatism

Gillespie, Alex ORCID: 0000-0002-0162-1269, Glăveanu, Vlad and Laurent, Constance (2024) Societal challenges and big qualitative data require a new era of methodological pragmatism. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (04 Mar 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The qualitative-quantitative debate, that has been a defining feature of social scientific research, has become a hinderance. Alex Gillespie, Vlad Glăveanu, and Constance de Saint-Laurent argue, in their new book ‘Pragmatism and Methodology’ (open access), that addressing our contemporary challenges requires seizing the opportunities of big qualitative data with methodological pragmatism.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2024 15:21
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122674

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