How to state general qualitative facts in Psychology?

Stéphane Vautier (1)

1 Octogone - Octogone Unité de Recherche Interdisciplinaire

In what form should qualitative psychological statements have to be in order to be general and falsifiable? I show how basic qualitative measurement systems can be defined that allow for the detection and testing of general relational facts of the if-then form in a well-defined range of potential qualitative, static or dynamic, multivariate observations. The formal framework permits the pointing out of general research problems falling under the scope of empirical investigation.

Mots clés: Qualitative research; Measurement; Falsifiability

Domaines: Psychologie

Stéphane Vautier. How to state general qualitative facts in Psychology?. Quality and Quantity, 2013, 47 (1), pp.49-56. ⟨10.1007/s11135-011-9502-5⟩. ⟨hal-00800183⟩