Max's reading list

Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches (Fourth edition). SAGE. This excerpt from Creswell and Poth's  Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design  outlines five qualitative research approaches:  narrative research , focusing on individual life stories;  phenomenological research , exploring the shared essence of experi...

Brown-Saracino, J. (2021). Unsettling Definitions of Qualitative Research. Qualitative Sociology , 44 (4), 591–597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-021-09498-9 This review essay by Japonica Brown-Saracino critiques the pursuit of rigid definitions for qualitative research.  Brown-Saracino argues  that the intimate researcher-data relationship, crucial to qualitative inquiry, is often at odds with e...

This excerpt from Denzin and Lincoln's  Handbook of Qualitative Research  (1994)  compares and contrasts four research paradigms : positivism, postpositivism, critical theory, and constructivism. The authors, Guba and Lincoln,  analyze each paradigm's ontological, epistemological, and methodological assumptions , highlighting their implications for research practices. They  discuss the lim...

Zhai, C., Wibowo, S., & Li, L. D. (2024). The effects of over-reliance on AI dialogue systems on students’ cognitive abilities: A systematic review. Smart Learning Environments , 11 (1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-024-00316-7 The growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue systems within educational and research settings highlights the importance of learning aids. Desp...

Motoki, F., Pinho Neto, V., & Rodrigues, V. (2024). More human than human: Measuring ChatGPT political bias. Public Choice , 198 (1–2), 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-023-01097-2