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is associated with 'scientific' approaches where it is assumed that research comes to reliable knowledge by 'objective' methods such as experiment and observation and logical analysis.
Positivism is often seen as a 'paradigmatic' position.
Positivistic research is often contrasted with interpretivist research.
See: Paradigms
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