CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY by Carl Ratner ( 9780306454639 )

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Title:

CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY
THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONSIDERATIONS

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Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0306454637

ISBN 13:

9780306454639

Publisher:

SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA

Pub. date:

31 March, 1997

Edition:

1997 ed.

Series:

Path in Psychology

Pages:

262

Description:

Qualitative methodologies in cultural psychology often lack the objective and verifiable character of quantitative analysis. Ratner argues that "complex psychological phenomena are expressed through extended responses" and hence are best studied by new, more regularized qualitative methods that go beyond measuring simple, overt responses.

Synopsis:

Qualitative methodologies in cultural psychology often lack the objective and verifiable character of quantitative analysis. Author Carl Ratner corrects this shortcoming by rigorously systematizing qualitative methods. The book discusses, for example, means of systematizing such subjective reports as interviews, letters, and diaries, which often yield valuable data that is not easily quantified. Ratner argues that "complex psychological phenomena are expressed through extended responses" and hence are best studied by new, more regularized qualitative methods that go beyond measuring simple, overt responses.

Illustrations:

XIII, 262 p.

Publication:

Imprint:

Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

Returns:

Returnable

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