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Product Identifiers
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0803924313
ISBN-13
9780803924314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1034749
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Naturalistic Inquiry
Publication Year
1985
Subject
General, Research
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
25 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
84-026295
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
The book itself is a good illustration of our inclination towards and our need of more general descriptions...If one wants to inform oneself about the paradigmatic discussion and the development of research methodology within the area of studies of social fields, it is a very interesting book., This book provides a clear discussion of the essential elements of positivism and post-positivism. It also provides a useful set of guidelines for conducting research within the framework of naturalism. Lincoln and Guba reveal the chinks in the armor of conventional methodological ideas. Their writing draws on a vast array of examples and provides a new vocabulary for thinking about method., An interesting, well written, fascinating critique of positivism. I wish this would be sufficient to put the nails in the coffin of positivism once and for all., "An interesting, well written, fascinating critique of positivism. I wish this would be sufficient to put the nails in the coffin of positivism once and for all." -- Ian I. Mitroff "This book provides a clear discussion of the essential elements of positivism and post-positivism. It also provides a useful set of guidelines for conducting research within the framework of naturalism. Lincoln and Guba reveal the chinks in the armor of conventional methodological ideas. Their writing draws on a vast array of examples and provides a new vocabulary for thinking about method." -- Shulamit Reinharz "This book will interest graduate students and educational researchers as well as social scientists struggling with qualitative and quantitative methodologies. A breath of fresh air." -- Choice "Overall, this volume serves as a good introductory text in naturalistic inquiry and field research courses." -- International Journal of Intercultural Relations "The book itself is a good illustration of our inclination towards and our need of more general descriptions...If one wants to inform oneself about the paradigmatic discussion and the development of research methodology within the area of studies of social fields, it is a very interesting book." -- Instructional Science, This book will interest graduate students and educational researchers as well as social scientists struggling with qualitative and quantitative methodologies. A breath of fresh air., Overall, this volume serves as a good introductory text in naturalistic inquiry and field research courses.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
146
Table Of Content
Post-Positivism and the Naturalistic ParadigmIs the Naturalistic Paradigm the Genuine Article?Constructed RealitiesThe Disturbing and Disturbed ObserverThe Only Generalization is There is no GeneralizationIs Causality a Viable Concept?Is Being Value-Free Valuable?Doing What Comes NaturallyDesigning a Naturalistic InquiryImplementing the Naturalistic InquiryEstablishing TrustworthinessProcessing Naturalistically-Obtained DataCase Reporting, Member Checking, and Auditing
Synopsis
Naturalistic Inquiry provides social scientists with a basic but comprehensive rationale for non-positivistic approaches to research. It confronts the basic premise underlying the scientific tradition that all questions can be answered by employing empirical, testable, replicable research techniques. The authors maintain that there are scientific 'facts' that existing paradigms cannot explain, and argue against traditional positivistic inquiry. They suggest an alternative approach supporting the use of the 'naturalistic' paradigm., Showing how science is limited by its dominant mode of investigation, Lincoln and Guba propose an alternative paradigm--a "naturalistic" rather than "rationalistic" method of inquiry--in which the investigator avoids manipulating research outcomes. A "paradigm shift" is under way in many fields, they contend, and go on to describe the different assumptions of the two approaches regarding the nature of reality, subject-object interaction, the possibility of generalization, the concept of causality, and the role of values. The authors also offer guidance for research in the field (where, they say, naturalistic inquiry always takes place). Useful tips are given, for example, on "designing" a study as it unfolds, establishing "trustworthiness," and writing a case report. This book helps researchers "both to understand and to do naturalistic inquiry." Of particular interest to educational researchers, it is valuable for all social scientists involved with questions of qualitative and quantitative methodology., Social scientists with an interest in theory and research, particularly those involved in educational research, sociologists whose interest are sociology of science, organizational theory, research and methodology (both quantitative and qualitative), and social anthropologists, Naturalistic Inquiry provides social scientists with a basic but comprehensive rationale for non-positivistic approaches to research. It confronts the basic premise underlying the scientific tradition that all questions can be answered by employing empirical, testable, replicable research techniques. The authors maintain that there are scientific facts that existing paradigms cannot explain, and argue against traditional positivistic inquiry. They suggest an alternative approach supporting the use of the naturalistic paradigm.
LC Classification Number
B828.2.L56 1985
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