QUALITATIVE RESEARCH - Students University of Central 定性研究中心大学的学生.pptVIP

Paradigms of Research C. In the 1970s 1980s, a group of scholars argued for interpretivism, aka naturalism, “hermeneutic empiricism,” or constructivism. (see pp. 8-9, L T) 1. Had to overcome concerns that qualitative methods were a soft science(with imprecise instruments, biased observations, selective reporting, limited findings, etc.) 2. Also such approaches were seen as trivial, irrelevant or offensive since often examined alternative or deviant sub-cultures. 3. Work of the 1990s became more sophisticated, answering such criticisms. Paradigms of Research, con’t D. More recently, in the