chapter 1-nature of enquiry
May 21, 2006Two prevelant types of inquiry: deductive (Aristotle) inductive (Bacon) deductive inductive method: back and forth movement..investigator first operates inductively from observations to hypotheses, and deductively from hypothesis to implications in order to check validity against accepted knowledge (Mouly 1978) research: systematic contolled, empirical investigation of hypothetical propositions (Kerlinger) research v. experience systemmatic, controlled haphazard
