Analytic Induction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman K Denzin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosa048 |
| OpenAlex | W4239505781 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Originally associated with the work of Florian Znaniecki (1934), analytic induction is an interpretive strategy that seeks universal explanations of the phenomenon in question. Analytic induction involves a process of generating and then testing hypotheses against each successive case or instance of the phenomenon. Its decisive feature “is the analysis of the exceptional or negative case, the case which is deviant to the working hypothesis” (Buhler‐Niederberger 1985). Negative case analysis may be regarded as a “process of revising hypotheses with hindsight” (Lincoln & Guba 1985). Analytic induction directs the investigator to formulate processual generalizations that apply to all instances of the problem. This differentiates analytic induction from other forms of causal analysis, including the multivariate method where concern is directed to generalizations that apply, not to all instances of the phenomenon at hand, but rather to most or some of them
Epistemology · Hindsight bias · Phenomenon · Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |