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

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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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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

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