Milićevo shvatanje komplementarnosti i triangulacija kod kombinovanih (mixed methods) istraživanja

Abstract

Kombinovani metodi (mixed methods) se razvijaju od devedesetih godina 20. veka, da bi danas bili čvrsto institucionalizovani. Vojin Milić je svoju metodološku zamisao razvijao između 1954. i 1965. godine, u vreme dominacije kvantitativnog pristupa. Nekoliko pitanja se ovde javljaju kao tačke preloma u razvoju savremene sociološke metodologije: odnos prema epistemološkim pretpostavkama socioloških istraživanja (pragmatizam vs. pozitivistički i kasnije dijalektički marksizam), shvatanje posmatranja kao (u Milićevom slučaju) osnove sociološkog empirijskog istraživanja, validnost vs. teorijska adekvatnost, i triangulacija vs. komplementarnost primene različitih izvora i načina prikupljanja podataka. Poređenjem sličnosti i razlika u shvatanjima jednog značajnog metodologa i jednog usmerenja u savremenoj metodologiji može se produbiti shvatanje navedenih metodoloških dilema.

Mixed methods have been developing since the nineties of the 20th century, and today they are firmly institutionalized. Vojin Milić developed his methodological conception between 1954 and 1965, at the time of the dominance of the quantitative approach. Several questions appear here as turning points in the development of contemporary sociological methodology: the relationship to the epistemological assumptions of sociological research (pragmatism vs. positivist and later dialectical Marxism), the understanding of observation as (in Milić’s case) the basis of sociological empirical research, validity vs. theoretical adequacy, and triangulation vs. complementarity of application of different sources and methods of data collection. By comparing the similarities and differences in the understandings of one important methodologist and one direction in modern methodology, the understanding of the mentioned methodological dilemmas can be deepened.