[Air-L] qual/quant and all that

[Barry Wellman]

I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or 
quant.

When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way 
to ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic 
ethnography course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be 
literate readers of both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance.

I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship

   Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that.
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