ABSTRACT
A posture can be defined as a state or condition taken by one person at a given time especially in relation to other persons or things. This is the meaning of the title of this chapter: A qualitative researcher assumes the posture of indwelling while engaging in qualitative research. This posture (indwelling) is very different from the posture of a quantitative researcher because each research orientation is based on different sets of postulates regarding the nature of the world and the implication of those postulates on the conducting of research.
