can social researchers build a public argument (theory) through their own personal philosophical experiences
Indeed! Every experience could be fruitful if it is added to the intelectual output and compared with other's experience.
My response would be partly yes , if an inductive argument takes place with personal experiences of the social researcher as the starting point or raw data, leading to some type of initial grounded theory . However , this theory so developed cannot be conclusive in nature , just as in case of exploratory research . It requires to be proved through descriptive approach and deductive argument with different data set.
Indeed! Every experience could be fruitful if it is added to the intelectual output and compared with other's experience.
thnx Aloysius for the insight but can u suggest me in social research how to get deductive argument with different data set. i don't even know how to make a data set...
I agree with Aloysius, and the generalization could be reached if enough inductive data is collected. For example involving a larger number of focus groups and indepth interviews. Then conduct a second round of focus groups with the purpose of identifying specific variables which could be researched by designing a survey and from there you have your data sets to conduct quantitative research. Finally, you perform triangulation to tie things together, that is, your literature review, your inductive analysis and deductive analysis,
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