Concept information
Preferred term
serendipity
Definition
- Serendipity is a distinctive type of inductive discovery. Robert Stebbins defines it as the quintessential form of informal experimentation, accidental discovery, and spontaneous invention. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods; Serendipity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/serendipity
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