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Contracts with publishers – Fundamentals
Contracts with publishers – Fundamentals D.Gile, April 2, 2005 As authors of papers and monographs and editors of collective volumes, we are required to sign contracts with publishers. Such contracts are necessary not only to set out the precise duties and…
Qualitative research in TS – interdisciplinarity + intermethodology
Qualitative research in TS – interdisciplinarity + intermethodology Gyde Hansen, March 2, 2005 – Copenhagen Business School Qualitative research is based on subjective reports, explanations and interpretations. In TS, we need qualitative methods, but we cannot make do with only specific, private findings that cannot be generalized…
Qualitative research, methods and data
Qualitative research, methods and data Gyde Hansen, February 23, 2005 Copenhagen Business School Qualitative research is “any type of research that produces findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other means of quantification” (Strauss/Corbin: 10). It is indepth investigation of phenomena, taking as many variables…
Qualitative and Quantitative Research and Empirical Translation Studies
Qualitative and Quantitative Research and Empirical Translation Studies Gyde Hansen, February 17, 2005 – Copenhagen Business School Empirical research is based on data systematically derived from perception and observation of aspects of reality. In a research project, data collection, analysis and interpretation of the…
“Scientific facts”
“Scientific facts” D. Gile, January 22, 2005 Is there anything special about “facts” as they are produced by science (in the sense of the ESP as explained in previous contributions on this page), as opposed to facts collected, presented or…