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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author LEPORI, Benedetto
Title A sociological experiment on methodological design : strenghts and limits of a pragmatist approach to research methods in the TRUE Project / Benedetto Lepori
Publication year 2017
Source/Footnote In: Managing universities : policy and organizational change from a Western European comparative perspective / Bleiklie, Ivar ; Enders, Jürgen ; Lepori, Benedetto (eds.). - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017. - S. 31 - 53
Inventory number 45958
Keywords Forschung : allgemein ; Hochschule : Wettbewerb
Abstract This chapter revisits the TRUE project from the perspective of the methodological choices made and, particularly, of the debate between qualitative and interpretive methodologies on the one hand, and quantitative and formalized methodologies on the other hand. By doing this, we highlight the deeper rationales of methodological choices, the practical goals and implementation and, finally, their outcomes in terms of analysis, as well as limitations that emerged. We show how the confrontation between methodological approaches was not resolved through a unifying solution, but led rather to a pragmatic approach where different methods have been adopted depending on the research goals. In this perspective, the project largely followed a general tendency in social science methodology towards using mixed methods. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
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