Lubomir commented on his example of a "mixed mode" questionnaire:
>Many researchers see this as a way to integrate the best of quantitative
>and qualitative methodology. I would say, this is contemporary
>methodological eclecticism. That was my concern when I reacted to potential
>anarchistic implications of the descriptor "eclecticism" in the previous
>wording for interdisciplinary research.
I wonder if we are misreading the original quotation which Paul supplied. I
imagined eclecticism to refer to the range of knowledge and experiences
avaliable to the research group and the possibility of new insights from
juxtaposing these. I don't suppose any of us would condone methodological
confusion and I am sure that inter-disciplinary research is going to be more
demanding in that respect.
best wishes from Sheffield
Chris Rust
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|