Abstract
The present paper grows out of the author's interest in research methodology, especially the problems of inference from indicators to concepts. The proportion of concepts directly reducible to observation terms differs from one research report to another even when workers are studying the same phenomenon and ostensibly working within the same theoretical framework. “Empiricists” try to anchor as many concepts as possible in observation terms. “Rationalists” are more concerned with reasoning from and to observations. Here the author explores orientation and attitudes behind each approach.
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