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Qualitative research exists in a time of global uncertainty. Around the world, governments are attempting to regulate scientific inquiry by defining what counts as 'good' science. These regula- tory activities raise fundamental, philosophical epistemological, political and pedagogical issues for scholarship and freedom of speech in the academy. This essay contests this methodological funda- mentalism, and interrogates the politics of re-emergent scientism, the place of qualitative research in mixed-methods experimentalism, and the pragmatic criticisms of anti-foundationalism. Further- more, it outlines three models of scientifically based research (SBR), and discusses how each is operative within the current historical conjuncture. In the process, it advocates for a qualitative research paradigm that is committed to social justice and the promise of radical, progressive democracy.

another article that advocates for a 'qualitative research paradigm that is committed to social justice' (abstract)

I think we need to know more about how to deal with qualitative data.

thank you. did you have a look at it to see where it could fit in our research?

I think we need to have some software to facilitate the data analysis process. I've heard there are tools, but I do not know what are they and how to use them. It'd be great if we can have a class on these issues.