HUMA 1970 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Red Riding, Iona And Peter Opie, Discourse Analysis

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True or false?hammersley claims that survey research almost always allows us to make enough comparisons to come to strong conclusions about the validity of causal relationships (that is, that. Match each term with the best description or definition. consists of words rather than numbers: documents, field notes, recordings, and transcripts. Qualitative data numbers that indicate the frequency of various events and/or the degree to which objects (including people) possess some type of attribute. Quantitative data involves the distribution of questionnaires to a relatively large number of people. Survey research argues for the benefits of combining quantitative with qualitative data mixed-methods the practice of studying data that have already been gathered by someone else, often for a distinctly different purpose. True or false?although there is a growing movement that advocates combining or mixing quantitative and qualitative methods, many qualitative researchers consider quantitative methods inappropriate for investigating social phenomena, including in studying children and youth.