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Husband, Robert; Foster, William – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1987
Discusses the basic character of qualitative, humanistic research, identifying its philosophical and theoretical commitments. Provides a taxonomy of investigative strategies employed, including naturalistic inquiry, contextualization, maximized comparisons, sensitizing concepts, and analytic induction. Classifies methods employed as participant…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Induction, Interviews