Naturalistic Inquiry

Bibliographic Data

ID22370939
AuthorsYvonna S Lincoln (corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosn006
OpenAlexW4253784680
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited4

Naturalistic inquiry is a label given to certain forms of phenomenological inquiry, including some qualitative research, much interpretive research, and many other forms of non‐experimental and non‐positivist inquiry, which relies heavily on the assumption that sensemaking or meaning‐making activities constitute forms of reality[ies] as meaningful, or more meaningful, to study than physical realities when dealing with human research. While positivist and experimental forms of inquiry rely heavily on factors which can be weighed, measured, assessed, or otherwise quantified, naturalistic inquiry – or constructivist inquiry, as it is more accurately labeled today – balances the inquiry focus by moving beyond tangible or measurable variables to focus on the social constructions of research participants. Social constructions are those products of the meaning making, sensemaking (Weick 1995) mental activities that human beings engage in as a consequence of interaction with other human beings

Epistemology · Meaning-making · Naturalism · Naturalistic observation · Pedagogy · Positivism · Qualitative research · Sensemaking · Social constructivism · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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