num_pages: 416
description: 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.
language: English
title: Naturalistic Inquiry
titlecomplete: Naturalistic Inquiry
genres: Reference, Philosophy, Education, Nonfiction, Research Methods, Research
ratings_count: 60
publisher: SAGE Publications