What are you thoughts on qualitative research? Memes aside...

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The premise of qualitative research is there with good intentions. However, the qualitative researchers are the problem where there is plenty of manipulation with data, results, and design of method. Sure quantitative research has this. However quantitative research is repeatable and has to be honest to a degree incase anyone does check the results.

Accurate descriptions and explanations of complex social phenomena? Using qualitative research we obviously can, however there are a billion issues with that which become obvious once you read the literature. With quantitative? Probably not.

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