TY - JOUR
T1 - Demystifying Quantitative Methods in Comparative Housing Research
T2 - Dispelling the Myth of Black Magic
AU - Horsewood, N.
N1 - Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - With the quantitative-qualitative debate as a basis, this paper considers the relative merits and limitations of applying quantitative methods to comparative housing research. Although the initial discussion takes place in general terms, the example of the impact of an increase in real house prices on real consumers' expenditure is employed to illustrate the issues that a housing researcher faces when applying statistical techniques to cross-country data. After reviewing the criticisms of the methodology, the paper concludes that quantitative methods should still be the workhorse for comparative housing research, but only if various conditions are satisfied and that the procedures are correctly followed.
AB - With the quantitative-qualitative debate as a basis, this paper considers the relative merits and limitations of applying quantitative methods to comparative housing research. Although the initial discussion takes place in general terms, the example of the impact of an increase in real house prices on real consumers' expenditure is employed to illustrate the issues that a housing researcher faces when applying statistical techniques to cross-country data. After reviewing the criticisms of the methodology, the paper concludes that quantitative methods should still be the workhorse for comparative housing research, but only if various conditions are satisfied and that the procedures are correctly followed.
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U2 - 10.1080/14616718.2011.626601
DO - 10.1080/14616718.2011.626601
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859231669
SN - 1461-6718
VL - 11
SP - 375
EP - 393
JO - European Journal of Housing Policy
JF - European Journal of Housing Policy
IS - 4
ER -