ETC
This is the memo of potpourri that was cited from here, there,
and everywhere.
- " ... a missive that demands an hour of questionnare work
with no perceived benefit will most likely meet with 90%
oblivion and 10% violent flames ... If you are thinking,
having read this far, that this AD unfairly favors qualitative
research over quantitative research in social science, I can
only congratulate you on your perceptiveness..."
-- [Advice for researchers into
the IETF].
- "If others fail to understand our language, they will also fail
to accept our generated theories, fail to publish our work,
and fail to fund our proposals"
-- [Stern qouted in GLASER98, p. 139].
- "It is best never to look for a bried overall impression
or skim a few notes, until highly skilled at grounded theory"
-- [GLASER98, p. 153].
- "Most importantly, there is practically no theory or prior
research summarized. Without that, the authors are merely
describing how they plan to categorize the observations"
-- a genuine comment from a typical anonymous reviewer.
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[FEYERABEND76]
Feyerabend, Paul K.
1976.
On The Critique of Scientific Reason.
In Essays in Memory of Imre Lakatos (Cohen, R. S., Feyerabend, P. K., and Wartofsky, M. W editor),
D. Reidel Pub., pp. 109-143.
[Q175 Bsps 39 CLMS, ISBN 9-0277-0654-9].
MEMO: -
[...let us evaluate case studies as historical studies...]
An inductivist, for example, will consider a theory (or, rather,
a "logical reconstruction" of it), the "evidence" (which again
is a reconstruction of the complex experinmental results that
govern science), and the relation between two. He has two
abstract elements and he examines them irrespective of the
the historical surrondings in which they arose. Writing history
he interested in the "rational" parts of science only which
are again the elements and their relation. This is why
inductive history is so arid or, if richer, so lacking
in conceptual penetration (pp. 127-128).
[...This result can be generalised...] Any hypothesis, however
implausible, can widen our horizon. It has not led to a better
understanding of science and it is even a hindrance to such
a better understanding because of its habit of beclouding
facts with semons and moralizing phrases (p. 136).
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[LAZARSFELDTHI58]
Lazarsfeld, Paul Felix, and Thielens, Wagner.
1958.
The Academic Mind.
Illinois, pp. 460.
[LB2332 Laz CLCS]
Keywords: Social Science
Comments on the Nature of Classification in Social Research
(pp. 402-407).
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