Composing research a contextualist paradigm for rhetoric and composition
Cindy Johanek offers a new perspective on the ideological conflict between qualitative and quantitative research approaches, and the theories of knowledge that inform them. With a paradigm that is sensitive to the context of one's research questions, she argues, scholars can develop less dichot...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
2000.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430342906719 |
| Sumario: | Cindy Johanek offers a new perspective on the ideological conflict between qualitative and quantitative research approaches, and the theories of knowledge that inform them. With a paradigm that is sensitive to the context of one's research questions, she argues, scholars can develop less dichotomous forms that invoke the strengths of both research traditions. Context-oriented approaches can lift the narrative from beneath the numbers in an experimental study, for example, or bring the useful clarity of numbers to an ethnographic study. A pragmatic scholar, Johanek moves easily |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283266796 9786613266798 9780874213225 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |
