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[perkyrusalka]

Well, if qualitative research isn't going to believe in validity or reliability or statistical analysis or reality, then I'm not going to believe in qualitative research. So there.

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[turtledawn.livejournal.com]

It even sounds stupid... how do you research something qualitatively?

[perkyrusalka.livejournal.com]

I don't even know. But apparently everybody has their own reality. Which sounds very philosophical, and also like the beginnings of a great fantasy novel. (My reality vs. your reality, in epic pitched battle!)

This pdf (http://www.learningdomain.com/MEdHOME/QUALITATIVE/Reliab.VALIDITY.pdf) is the article I was reading. I admit I'm very biased towards numbers and a universal reality, but I still thought it was dumb.