Identify the features of the empirico-inductive paradigm of research:

1.Research is concerned with the process rather than simply with outcomes or products

2.Based on logical positivist philosophy which assumes a single objective reality

3.Researchers are concerned with what are called 'participant perspectives'

4.Attempts to establish universal context-free generalizations

AI and II only

BII and III only

CIII and IV only

DI and III only ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) I and III only

Explanation

The empirico-inductive paradigm is concerned with process and with participant perspectives.

Statement 1 is a feature, because this paradigm attends to the process rather than only outcomes or products.

Statement 3 is a feature, because it centres on participants' own perspectives and meanings.

Statement 2 describes the opposing hypothetico-deductive paradigm built on logical positivism and a single reality.

Statement 1V, seeking universal context-free generalisations, also belongs to the deductive, positivist tradition.

The empirico-inductive approach builds theory upward from grounded, context-rich observation.

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