Interpretivism is a paradigm within which researchers focus on how people make sense of reality. Much qualitative research has roots in interpretivism. Interpretivists view reality as subjective, and knowledge as socially constructed.
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Interpretivism
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Summary (bullet points)
- Paradigm concerned with how people make sense of reality
- Most appropriate for qualitative research
- Reality is subjective, and knowledge socially constructed
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Metatheory