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What are the best research philosophies in academia?
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Interpretivism uses smaller data samples

Using fewer sources allows for a more targeted approach and a specific focus of interest. It also allows the researcher to look more closely at the details of the evidence and avoid other academic fields.
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Using fewer sources is a methodological choice that has merit in academic research as it allows for a more targeted approach and it can also be the only choice if the research topic doesn't have enough evidence. It also allows the researcher to spend more time in interpreting the evidence that could have been spend in collecting sources. This way it is also possible to avoid entering the realm of other academic disciplines, which would necessitate expert knowledge in a different academic field (e.g. historians could incorporate archaeological evidence in their research, however they may be ill-equipped to interpret it.)

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