With Which Method of Data Analysis Does a Researcher Begin

question 8

Multiple Choice

With which method of data analysis does a researcher begin with "empty boxes" or concepts and then go looking for empirical evidence showing that the concepts are useful in organizing information?

• A) Narrative analysis
• B) Fixed point-in-time analysis
• C) Successive approximation
• D) Ideal type analysis
• E) Illustrative method

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