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Research intended to find out how things are, rather than to see the effect of changes
Naturalistic research may be contrasted with interventionist research (though in practice any research is to some degree an intervention even when it is not intended to change things).
See: Naturalistic research
[Please be aware that a word may have different nuances, or even a different meaning, according to context.]
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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.
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