Summary
Contents
Heuristic Research is a unique book in the area of qualitative research. Well organized and well referenced, it gives a clear presentation of heuristic methodology as a systematic form of research. Investigators of human experiences will find this book invaluable as a research guide. The author illustrates how heuristic concepts and processes form components of the research design and become the basis for a methodology. There is a clear explanation of how heuristic inquiry works in practice and the actual process of conducting a human science investigation is described in detail.
Introduction: Resources and Inspirations
Introduction: Resources and Inspirations
“Heuristic” research came into my life when I was searching for a word that would meaningfully encompass the processes that I believed to be essential in investigations of human experience. The root meaning of heuristic comes from the Greek word heuriskein, meaning to discover or to find. It refers to a process of internal search through which one discovers the nature and meaning of ...