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CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVISTIC & PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACHES & PERSPECTIVES TO RESEARCH
Mind map: positivistic and phenomenological research approaches
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CHARACTERISTICS OF POSITIVISTIC & PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACHES & PERSPECTIVES TO RESEARCH
Positivistic
- Positivistic approaches to research are based on research methodologies commonly used in science. They are characterised by a detached approach to research that seeks out the facts or causes of any social phenomena in a systematic way.
Phenomenological
- Phenomenological approaches however, approach research from the perspective that human behaviour is not as easily measured as phenomena in the natural sciences.
Positivistic Surveys Experimental Studies LongitudinalStudies Cross-sectional Studies
Phenomenological Case Studies Action Research Ethnography (participant observation) Participative Enquiry Feminist Perspectives Grounded Theory