Research Institute of Hawzah and University; (Hawzah wa Dāneshgāh Research Institute) Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities 1608-7070 15 61 2010 01 16 A Study of Blumer's Methodology in Social Sciences A Study of Blumer's Methodology in Social Sciences 103 122 379 FA Esfandiar Ghafarinasab Mohammad Taghi Iman Journal Article 2009 08 11   <br />The aim of this article is to examine Blumer's point of view  related to methodology of  qualitative research. He is one of the famous thinkers of Chicago School and the first to introduce the term of symbolic interactionism term. He advocates a qualitative methodology named naturalistic method. This his view  was a reaction against the hegemony of functional-structutal  sociology and  quantative methods used in social sciences. His idea reinforces and expands interpretative approach to social sciences. Blumer's works focus on the relation between natural and  social sciences. He also criticizes the positivistic approach and the use of quantative techniques in sociological research. He argues that quantative methods are not more than variable analysis and concludes that using variable analysis ignores the dominant role of the pracesses of  interpreting human behaviour. Finally,   Blumers'ideas have been criticized in this paper.   <br />The aim of this article is to examine Blumer's point of view  related to methodology of  qualitative research. He is one of the famous thinkers of Chicago School and the first to introduce the term of symbolic interactionism term. He advocates a qualitative methodology named naturalistic method. This his view  was a reaction against the hegemony of functional-structutal  sociology and  quantative methods used in social sciences. His idea reinforces and expands interpretative approach to social sciences. Blumer's works focus on the relation between natural and  social sciences. He also criticizes the positivistic approach and the use of quantative techniques in sociological research. He argues that quantative methods are not more than variable analysis and concludes that using variable analysis ignores the dominant role of the pracesses of  interpreting human behaviour. Finally,   Blumers'ideas have been criticized in this paper. https://method.rihu.ac.ir/article_379_d19a6e9eb0122ebf7c9d8a0097145b58.pdf