When a Researcher Begins with a Specific Case or Participant

question 33

Multiple Choice

When a researcher begins with a specific case or participant, and then applies those findings to subsequent participants in order to develop a theory, he or she is:

• A)using deductive reasoning and nomothetic reasoning.
• B)applying cross-case analysis.
• C)using grounded theory and nomothetic reasoning.
• D)using a cross-case method approach and grounded theory.
• E)using deductive reasoning and semiotics.

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