... and profession" They believe that quantitative methods are the only way to go and that "Psychology would become an arts-based discipline" (Morgan, 1997 p481) if it were to take on qualitative methods. It is apparent - just by reading research articles - most researchers seem to fit into the quantitative or qualitative side of the debate. The debate is often more about getting researchers to convert to one side or the other not about finding an equal balance. It is somewhat similar to a pendulum swinging back and forth but hardly ever resting in the middle. Qualitative methods are clinging on to psychology as a science by reliability and validity and a very thin thread! Reliability and validity seem to be the only way of keeping qualitative research methods from dissolving. This shows that they do in fact play a significant role in qualitative methods. The next question however is ...

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