Psychology 137C Week 5 Lecture 9The Narrative ViewComplementing Quantitative Methods Earlier I focused on quantitative approaches to relationships. Which variables matter, across a lot of people? Here I introduce an alternative approach, which I call the narrative or qualitative perspective. How do people work, across a lot of variables? Ultimately, we need both approaches. “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” Person-centric Approach Many ‘variables’ Few people ‘Qualitative’ Synthetic In field Avoid control Thick Description ‘Rich’ Much Context ‘Clinical’ View Generates hypothesesVariable-centric Approach Few variables Many people ‘Quantitative’ Analytic In lab Impose control Thin Description ‘Rigorous’ Little Context ‘Empirical’ view Tests hypothesesIdeally, we strive for a ‘dialectic relationship’ between these two sets of tools…- Rich description should spark deeper quantitative analysis and explanation.- Rigorous analysis should enhance description and explanation.- In practice, these two approaches are rarely integrated.Nadine and
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