Bryman & Bell: Business Research Methods 2e 
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Critical Realism
www.raggedclaws.com/criticalrealism/
This is a site all about the philosophical perspective of critical realism. This perspective can help to frame arguments about bridging the quantitative/qualitative divide because it attempts to link both realist and interpretive ideas.
Lexical approach to data analysis
www.sphinxonline.com/Infos/bridging the qual_quant devide.pdf
This paper, written by Richard Bolden and Jean Moscarola, focuses on the use of the lexical analysis as a tool for data analysis. They argue that lexical analysis bridges the gap between quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis because it is able to analyse data produced by each method; something which traditional qualitative data analysis tools are unable to do.
A feminist perspective
www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-01/1-01westmarland-e.htm
This paper located in the Forum: Qualitative Social Research Journal looks at the debate between quantitative and qualitative research methods from a feminist perspective. It is written by Nicole Westmarland.
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