Research Methodology and the Question of Validity.

Wolfson, Nessa

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ERIC Number: EJ347374

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Research Methodology and the Question of Validity.

Wolfson, Nessa

TESOL Quarterly, v20 n4 p689-99 Dec 1986

If language research is to arrive at valid analyses of speech behavior, both observation and elicitation methods of data collection will have to be used as necessary complements to one another. The advantages and disadvantages of different research methods are discussed. (CB)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Usage, Naturalistic Observation, Research Methodology, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Note: For related documents, see FL 517 449-452.