On the Whys and Hows of Quantitative Research

For this issue of JBE, Zyphur and Pierides (J Bus Ethics 143(1):1–16, 2017) have written a paper on a concept that they have labeled relational validity. The purpose of the paper and of their advocacy for the concept of relational validity is to improve the way that quantitative research (QR) is done by expanding our understanding of its ethics-laden aspects. I agree entirely with the authors that every decision regarding QR is an ethics-laden...