• Methodological Pluralism in British Sociology - This article discusses how qualitative sociological research has declined within Britain and argues that more qualitative research should be conducted within the discipline.

1. How have attitudes towards research methods changed within sociology? 
2. Is sociology more methodologically pluralistic? 
3. Why is a lack of quantitative research within sociology problematic?

• Toward Holism: The Significance of Methodological Pluralism - This article demonstrates how the synthesis of different types of research methods can be used to overcome the limitations of individual methods. 

1. Are qualitative methods as holistic as they claim to be? 
2. How may triangulation help researchers to move towards holism? 
3. What are some of the problems that arise from research becoming more holistic? 

• Ethnography: Bridging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide - This article is an autoethnographic account of the use of qualitative methods within a traditionally quantitative field, highlighting the quantitative/qualitative divide within sociology and its impact upon research.

1. How has ethnographic research been framed in relation to quantitative research? 
2. Why have quantitative methods been favoured over qualitative methods in sociology historically? 
3. What is the descriptive verses analytic dichotomy within sociology?