In this essay it is argued that the dualism between pure inductive and deductive research processes can be overcome by introducing retroduction. Retroduction makes possible a research process that is characterized by the linking of evidence (induction) and social theory (deduction) in a continually
Objective policy research: A myth and an alternative
β Scribed by Herbert S. Dordick
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0308-5961
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