量化研究和质性研究这两种传统的研究方法,由于具有特征鲜明的操作和实践过程,以及差异明显的价值取向、信仰和规范,可看作是两种截然不同的研究文化。在文章中,马洪尼和格尔茨将从十个方面对二者进行区分:(1)解释路径(approaches to explanation);(2)因果关系的概念(conceptions of causation);(3)多变量解释(multivariate explanations); Quantitative research and qualitative research, two traditional research methods, can be regarded as two completely different research cultures because of their distinctive operation and practice processes, as well as their distinctive values, beliefs and norms. In the article, Mahoney and Geertz will distinguish the two from ten aspects: (1) approaches to explanation; (2) conceptions of causation; (3) more Multivariate explanations;