idiographic

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concerned with the individual case – research that seeks to learn about the individual as a complex entity in its own terms

idiographic research values the individuality of specific examples, often contrasted with nomothetic research which looks for the typical patterns (and ideally 'laws')

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.