these two approaches have very different expectations about what constitutes “success.” Quantitative researchers expect their results to show the scale of a thing and the nature of its cause. They are disappointed if their results lack this numerical precision, but don’t mind if it fails to yield rich stories. Qualitative researchers, by contrast, are disappointed if their results do not yield a coherent explanation of exactly how and in what ways a thing happens, who plays what role, and what kinds of objects are recruited for or rejected from a given process. They expect to spend quality
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