质的研究还是新闻采访———同陈向明博士等商榷侯龙龙Abstract:Inthequalitativeresearch,Dr
ChenXiangmingofferstwoanalysistypes:“emic”and“etic”
“Emic”isparticularlypreferable
Butthroughliteraturesurveywefindthattheboundaryof“emic”isneglected
Inthisarticleweinvestigatetheapplicationof“emic”inChen’stwopapers
Accordingtothosecasestudies,wefindiftheboundaryof“emic”isexceeded,normallytheresultwillbe“unmanageableandunrealistic”(itwillthreatenbothinterpretiveandtheoreticalvalidity)
Asaspecialcase,whentheresearchrequiresexceedingtheboundaryof“emic”suchasintheinterculturalstudy,itwillbeaccepted
Butitisforbiddenthatresearcher’squestionisdirectlygiventointerviewer
Atlastwesummaryaproposition
陈向明博士自学成归国以来,一直倡导科学研究采用质的研究方法(见陈向明,1996,1997b,2000)
其中,发表于1997年第1期《高等教育研究》上的《综合大学理科人才素质与课程体系研究》是陈博士及合作者(李文利、崔艳红和宋映泉)运用质的方法(qualitativeresear