A Phenomenological Research Methodology Is Used in the Social Sciences

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A phenomenological research methodology is used in the social sciences to examine lived experience. Phenomenology is the study of lived experience from the first-person point of view. It is the study of experience or consciousness. Using a phenomenological research methodology the researcher spends a great deal of time developing accounts of lived experience from the perspective of those living the experience.

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Definitions:

Convergent Evolution

The process where unrelated organisms independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar environments or ecological niches.

Elongated Snouts

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Direct Evidence

Evidence that directly proves a fact, without an inference or presumption, and which in itself, if true, conclusively establishes that fact.

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