Complex Causal Mechanisms, Epistemology, and Poverty by Wendy Olsen

In this workshop we explored how researchers combine multiple data types [i.e. survey data and qualitative data] with qualitative and multi-level modelling. We explored what types of levels exist, and how they interact and interrelate, in specific research contexts. A diagram illustrating nested levels versus non-hierarchical levels was included to illustrate how classical statistics is currently dealing with the multi-level stratified nature of reality (Goldstein, 2003). For a summary of the argument see Archer, et al., 1998.