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As someone who got minored in Anthropology in my phd program, I like qualitative because it is descriptive. Quantitative work are best at telling us what answe
by jccalhoun 10y ago
As someone who got minored in Anthropology in my phd program, I like qualitative because it is descriptive.
Quantitative work are best at telling us what answers people gave or a numerical summary of what people did. It can't tell us why people gave that answer or why they did what they did.
- weberc2 10y agoUnfortunately, we can't even trust this qualitative work, because it is produced by an ideologically homogeneous body. It's not possible to remove the confirmation bias. These departments often seem more like clergy than scientists.