Commentary: Empirical vs. Naturalistic Research?.

Carey, Robert F.

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ERIC Number: EJ221387

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Publication Date: 1980

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Commentary: Empirical vs. Naturalistic Research?

Carey, Robert F.

Reading Research Quarterly, v15 n3 p412-15 1980

Suggests that naturalistic inquiry is a subset of empirical research that is highly appropriate to social science and reading research. Proposes that colleges offer opportunities for students to learn and participate in naturalistic research methods and that research journals promote and accept more naturalistic research. (MKM)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Ethnography, Higher Education, Naturalistic Observation, Reading Research, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Scholarly Journals, Social Environment, Social Science Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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