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Peer reviewedRist, Ray C. – Educational Researcher, 1980
Federal support for answers to the question "What is really going on out there?" has increased interest in the use of ethnography as a research method for evaluation of educational programs. Pros and cons of the use of ethnography for educational research are discussed. (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies
Peer reviewedRist, Ray C. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1977
Concludes that if we do find ourselves in a situation of multiple paradigmatic perspectives on educational research, then it is not appropriate to think in the near future of there being a 'ground synthesis' of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. If the two major paradigms do exist as outlined here, and neither finds its present framework…
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Educational Research, Field Studies, Measurement Techniques
