The Paradigm Dialog (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803938236)

Is scientific positivism, long the reigning paradigm for research in the social sciences, the best way′ to conduct social research? This is the central question examined in The Paradigm Dialog. Recently three key challenges have appeared - positivism, critical theory and constructivism. All three offer researchers new methodological approaches and all three present fundamental questions that must be addressed. Can research be conducted between paradigms? Are they equally useful in answering questions of applied research? What constitutes good or ethical research in each? These and other significant questions are examined by a multidisciplinary group of leading figures in qualitative research.

Author: Egon G. Guba
ISBN-10: 0803938233
ISBN-13: 9780803938236
Publisher: Sage Publications
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1990
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.56w x 1.13d