Quant types often dismiss qualitative research as subjective and, therefore, unscientific.
Though a quant type myself, I must dissent. Not on the grounds that qualitative research is purely objective, but on the grounds that most quantitative research in any field requires a substantial amount of subjective judgment on the part of the research team, statisticians included.
Were this not the case, there would be little need to reproduce and replicate quantitative research findings, apart from concerns about fraud.
There would be far fewer journal articles, books and conferences, and little need for #meta_analysis. All #AI would give us the same answers, too.
✴️ @AI_Python_EN
Though a quant type myself, I must dissent. Not on the grounds that qualitative research is purely objective, but on the grounds that most quantitative research in any field requires a substantial amount of subjective judgment on the part of the research team, statisticians included.
Were this not the case, there would be little need to reproduce and replicate quantitative research findings, apart from concerns about fraud.
There would be far fewer journal articles, books and conferences, and little need for #meta_analysis. All #AI would give us the same answers, too.
✴️ @AI_Python_EN