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    This document discusses three research paradigms: positivism, interpretivism, and analytic induction. Positivism uses mathematics to represent social variables and test hypotheses deductively. Interpretivism focuses on thick descriptions of individual cases and views causality as arising from individuals' interpretations of situations. Analytic induction searches data bit by bit to infer underlying themes and patterns.

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    This document discusses three research paradigms: positivism, interpretivism, and analytic induction. Positivism uses mathematics to represent social variables and test hypotheses deductively. Interpretivism focuses on thick descriptions of individual cases and views causality as arising from individuals' interpretations of situations. Analytic induction searches data bit by bit to infer underlying themes and patterns.

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    This document discusses three research paradigms: positivism, interpretivism, and analytic induction. Positivism uses mathematics to represent social variables and test hypotheses deductively. Interpretivism focuses on thick descriptions of individual cases and views causality as arising from individuals' interpretations of situations. Analytic induction searches data bit by bit to infer underlying themes and patterns.

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    5/12/2016

    ResearchParadigm

    Data
    Collection
    andDesign

    Theuseofmathematics
    torepresentandanalyze
    featuresofsocialreality
    isconsistentwith
    positivistepistemology:
    aparticularfeaturecan
    beisolatedand
    conceptualizedasa
    variable.
    Thevariablescanbe
    expressedasanumerical
    scales.
    Deductiveanalysis:
    identifyunderlying
    themesandpatternsprior
    todatacollectionand
    searchingthroughthe
    dataforinstancesof
    them:hypothesistesting

    Focusesonthestudyofindividual
    casesandbymaking"thick"
    verbaldescriptionsofwhatthey
    observe.
    Analyticinduction:search
    throughdatabitbybitandthen
    infersthatcertaineventsor
    statementsareinstancesofthe
    sameunderlyingthemesor
    patterns

    Viewof
    causality

    Amechanisticcausality
    amongsocialobjects

    Individuals'interpretationof
    situationscausethemtotake
    certainactions

    http://www.personal.psu.edu/wxh139/paradigm.htm

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