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The Interaction of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Research: A View of the Second Language Classroom
Author(s) -
CHAUDRON CRAIG
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
tesol quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.737
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1545-7249
pISSN - 0039-8322
DOI - 10.2307/3586521
Subject(s) - psychology , linguistics , qualitative research , sociology , mathematics education , anthropology , philosophy
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research on second language learning are considered, with the special case of second language classroom research being used for illustration. It is evident that both approaches are relevant to determining (a) the important variables to investigate and (b) the relationships those variables have to second language learning outcomes.