A Philosophical Perspective on the Utility of Quantitative Methods in Educational Research

This chapter examines quantitative educational research methods with a view to identifying how the utility of this kind of research can be improved. The paradigmatic considerations of ontology, epistemology and methodology are viewed from a philosophical perspective. A combination of inductive and d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cavanagh, Rob, Reynolds, Peter
Other Authors: Russel F. Waugh
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Nova Publishers 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45031