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Qualitative Research in the Service of Understanding Learners and Users of Statistics
Author(s) -
Gal Iddo,
Ograjenšek Irena
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2010.00104.x
Subject(s) - qualitative research , value (mathematics) , computer science , qualitative property , qualitative analysis , service (business) , knowledge management , mathematics education , data science , statistics , psychology , sociology , mathematics , social science , marketing , business , machine learning
Summary This paper seeks to add to a scholarly dialogue regarding the role and value of qualitative techniques in research on learning and using statistics. The paper briefly outlines some of the core assumptions of qualitative research methods, and presents four examples to illustrate selected qualitative methods that are used by educational researchers and service organizations. The discussion emphasizes the need to integrate quantitative and qualitative approaches in research on learners and users of statistics, and suggests that such integration may be needed to study emerging web‐based communities of learners and users of statistics.