National Research Council / Heath High School / Harvard University / National Science Foundation / Institute of Medicine / William T. Grant Foundation / Westside Middle School / National Academy of Sciences / Department of Sociology / /
Person
WENDY D. ROTH / Clifford Geertz / Akira Kurosawa / JAL D. MEHTA / David Harding / Reagan / Keohane / Katherine Newman / Michael Carneal / Jonathan Rieder / /
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author / King / principal investigator / actor / teller / researcher / analyst / researcher / not by its methodology / Marshall / /
Positivist and interpretivist analytical approaches are frequently believed to be incompatible as research strategies and ways of understanding the world. This article argues that not only may versions of positivism and interpretivism be combined in the analysis of contested events, but this combination can further the goals of both approaches by