A research study that seeks to observe participants and phenomena in their natural setting, rather than a controlled research setting.
Glossary
Naturalistic inquiry
Glossary
Classification (s)
Research term
Classification (s)
Methodology
Foundational paper (s)
Guba, E., & Lincoln, Y. (1983). Epistemological and Methodological Bases of Naturalistic Inquiry. Evaluation Models, 311-333. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6669-7_18