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Blanchard, Philippe, Rihoux, Benoît, 1965- and Álamos-Concha, Priscilla (2017) Comprehensively mapping political science methods : an instructors' survey. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20 (2). pp. 209-224. doi:10.1080/13645579.2015.1129128 ISSN 1364-5579.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2015.1129128
Abstract
A map provides a unique view over the complex relationships of competition and complementarity between methods. It goes beyond the usual approaches to methods, namely monographic, mixed, encyclopaedic and classificatory. A diverse set of 50 social and political science methods instructors were surveyed about their specialty along 17 dimensions that are regarded as contrasting by the methodology literature. Correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were used to reveal response profiles and proximities between courses. Results show that the ‘qualitative/quantitative’ divide appears structuring, but not as much as is often conceived. Quantitative-oriented courses form a rather cohesive cluster whereas qualitative courses display high variability regarding empirical material, scales of observation, techniques and epistemologies. The resulting global picture accounts for more dimensions of the quickly expanding space of methods than usual typologies of methods do. We hope it will stimulate new methodological combinations and new ways of teaching methods.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) | ||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Political science -- Study and teaching | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Social Research Methodology | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1364-5579 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | 4 March 2017 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 209-224 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13645579.2015.1129128 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 September 2017 |
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