Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Research Tradition 2: Interpretivism - Coggle Diagram
Research Tradition 2: Interpretivism
Ontological position
Reality
Social construct
Depend on own experiences
Experience reality differently
Social world fluid/fragile
Metatheoretical position
Favour inductive approach
Research disappointment
Work improperly evaluated
Prefer to collect information then formulate theory
Axiological position
No value-free research done
Complex understanding unique realities valued
Values openly discussed
Include own interpretations
Methodological position
Qualitative research
Study reality subjectively
Value-free research not done
Embodies reality is in state of flux
Should consider personal view
Epistemological position
See facts as fluid
has meaning system
Knowledge
Facts depend on information interpretation
Generalized results not an interest
Reaction to positivism limitations
People different from objects
Influenced by
Phenomenology
Symbolic interactionist
Hermeneutics