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Taking a pragmatist approach to methods and methodology that fosters meaningful, impactful, and ethical research, this book rises to the challenge of today's data revolution. It shows how pragmatism can turn challenges, such as the abundance and accumulation of big qualitative data, into opportunities. The authors summarize the pragmatist approach to different aspects of research, from epistemology, theory, and questions to ethics, as well as data collection and analysis. The chapters outline and document a new type of mixed methods design called 'multi-resolution research,¿ which serves to overcome old divides between quantitative and qualitative methods. It is the ideal resource for students and researchers within the social and behavioural sciences seeking new ways to analyze large sets of qualitative data. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Pragmatism; 2. Epistemology: How We Know; 3. Theory: What We Know; 4. Creating Questions; 5. Eliciting and Transforming Data; 6. Mixing Qualitative And Quantitative Methods; 7. Multi-Resolution Research; 8. Ethics; 9. Expanding Human Possibilities; References; Index.
About the author
Alex Gillespie is Professor of Psychological and Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and Visiting Professor II at Oslo New University, Norway. He is an expert on communication, especially divergences of perspective, misunderstandings, internal dialogues, distrust, and problems in listening. He uses a variety of methods and has developed several methodological tools.Vlad Glăveanu is Professor of Psychology at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor II at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE), University of Bergen, Norway. He is a leading expert in the fields of creativity, imagination, wonder, collaboration, and culture research, as well as the founder and president of the Possibility Studies Network and editor of Possibility Studies & Society (Sage).Constance de Saint Laurent is a researcher at the Human Sciences Studio based at The Dock, Accenture's flagship R&D and global innovation center in Dublin, Ireland. She works on trust in technology as well as on the impact of technology and societal changes on people and organisations. She has previously carried out research on social media, misinformation, collective memory, and representations of alterity, some of which has been published in the open access book Social Thinking and History: A Sociocultural Psychological Perspective on Representations of the Past (2021).
Summary
Designed for social scientists working with big data sets, this book maps out the cycle of research, from epistemology and ethical questions to data collection and analysis. It introduces a unique mixed methods approach by integrating qualitative and quantitative methods. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Foreword
A pragmatist approach on analyzing large qualitative datasets that integrates qualitative and quantitative approaches.
