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.
Research Design and Methodology
Research Design and Methodology
In heuristic methodology one seeks to obtain qualitative depictions that are at the heart and depths of a person's experience—depictions of situations, events, conversations, relationships, feelings, thoughts, values, and beliefs. A heuristic quest enables the investigator to collect “excerpts or entire passages from documents, correspondence, records and case histories” (Patton, 1986, p. 187). The researcher gathers detailed descriptions, direct quotations, and ...