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not peculiar to illuminative research when immersion in the data enables
categories to emerge from it rather than to be decided upon long before
the
research
takes
place .
This is the case with much work informed by
traditional methodologies.
At the end of the day the question of partiality and possible bias has to
be answered empirically.
At the time in the life of the innovation when
the research was undertaken detailed knowledge of underlying parameters
was
needed.
This necessitated
methodology which would reveal
the
experience
the concerns
the disquiets and satisfactions of the course
for
its participants.
Following from this research was
required to
demonstrate the operation of the underlying structures and processes:
the
flexibility of the illuminative research paradigm offered the opportunity
for this to be accomplished.
However ,
the limitations,
the gaps
the
omissions that remain are
as
in any research project,
the responsibility
of the writer rather than the methodology.