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RE: Applied Sociology: Research Supporting Non-Profits Pursuing Elevated Social Paradigms

in #introduceyourself6 years ago (edited)

I am 90% qualitative because I like getting at things like values, meanings, emotions, culture, and beliefs and while these things can be measured quantitatively, I don't think that the results are as nuanced. I like talking to people and observing. I do fine in my professional life being qual only, but I do need to rely on partners that are quant specialists at times.

That said - there are certainly more opportunities for quant folks than for qual folks. So if you are really keeping an eye on your career as opposed to what you simply like the best, I would make sure you leave school with some good quant skills. I have considered taking a refresher course in statistics so that I could have more access to certain types of work.

Check out pewresearch.org. They are an amazing non-partisan think tank that is almost entirely quant. I would like to work with a place like this, or establish my own someday.... Pew is essentially all quant though.

Best of luck, and always feel free to drop me a line!!