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Ceđenje suve drenovine: kombinovani (pomešani) metodi, metodološki dogmatizam i metodološki eklekticizam
Squeezing Dried Fruits: Mixed Methods, Methodological Dogmatism and Methodological Eclecticism

Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije
Keywords: qualitative; quantitative; mixed methods approach

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the relations among qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches are considered. Basic evidence for this methodological analysis is consisted by Vladan Vidicki`s and Snežana Stojšin`s article and Živan Ristić`s book devoted to this topic. Vidicki and Stojšin are critics of methodological dogmatism related to rival approach. Their comprehension is analyzed in the first and second sections of the paper. Third section deals with Ristić`s criticism of methodological eclecticism. Forth part of the paper explores particular issue of relations of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approach to different paradigms. In the conclusion is stated that division among qulatitative, quantitative and mixed methods approach is artificial and disadvantageous. It is emphasized that the division embarrasses the development of sociological theory and that its focusing to the role of research objectives is related to social reformism.

  • Issue Year: 65/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 27-46
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian
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