Research methods

[0949p.m.]

Mmm..

if there is a faculty whose interests fit well with me, but his research methods is qual compared to mine, quanti..

In this case, do you prefer to apply for the university or not if there is no other faculty that you are interested in.

 

[t_ruth]

Your methods should be driven by your questions...unless you specifically want to study methods, and that's an entirely different thing.

Most entering grad students know very little about the method they will eventually use and what is best for their questions (not to mention, their questions evolve rapidly over the first few years). If the faculty member's work interests you and you can see yourself asking related questions/conducing related research, go for it.