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English translation: How might you be wrong

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05:17 Nov 1, 2009

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French term or phrase: comment pourriez-vous avoir tort?

This is a heading in a Powerpoint presentation:

La validité ou « comment pourriez-vous avoir tort? » (Maxwell, 1999)

The subject of the slide is types of validity in qualitative research (external validity, internal validity, etc.). Does anyone have any idea who Maxwell is and what the original quote was in English?

Thanks!

John Detre
Canada

English translation:How might you be wrong

Explanation:
This seems to be the original quote

http://books.google.com/books?id=OJFrFmpGSnUC&pg=PA105&lpg=P...

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Note added at 12 minutes (2009-11-01 05:29:30 GMT)
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WIth capital letters : How Might You Be Wrong

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Note added at 16 minutes (2009-11-01 05:33:34 GMT)
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No worries :)

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Note added at 22 minutes (2009-11-01 05:39:50 GMT)
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J'avoue, je suis aussi anthropologue...

Selected response from:

Geraldine Oudin
France

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Summary of answers provided

4 +11

How might you be wrong

Geraldine Oudin

4 +1

How Could You Be Wrong?

André Vanasse

How might you be wrong?

Valérie Hartwich

Summary of reference entries provided

Joseph A. Maxwell

Geraldine Oudin

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

How might you be wrong

Geraldine Oudin
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: That definitely looks right. Thanks a million!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

How Could You Be Wrong?

Explanation:
Let me count the ways.

André Vanasse
South Korea
Local time: 13:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

11 days confidence:

How might you be wrong?

Explanation:
As in most cases in qualitative social science research, the question is truly how one could be misled. So the point of this chapter surely centers around the possible factors thatmight induce a wrong perception of the field, especially given that we are dealing with anthropology here. I suspect he then proceeds to talk about what factors might interfere in the perception of the observer/researcher in interaction with participants/subjects.

Valérie Hartwich
Local time: 04:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

Reference comments

9 mins

Reference: Joseph A. Maxwell

Reference information:
Joseph A. Maxwell

Joseph A. Maxwell is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University, where he teaches courses on research design and methods. He is the author of Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (Sage, 1996), as well as papers on qualitative methodology, mixed method research, socio-cultural theory, and medical education. He has also worked extensively in applied settings. He has given seminars and workshops on teaching qualitative research methods and on using qualitative methods in various applied fields, and has been an invited speaker at conferences and universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Europe, and China. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago.

Reference: http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=296626

Geraldine Oudin
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

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