Research Paradigms: Understanding Scientific Approach
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According to the text, what are research paradigms also known as?

  • Paradigms (correct)
  • Assumptions
  • Basic beliefs
  • Fundamental convictions

    • What are research paradigms in the context of scientific research?

  • Fundamental convictions for gaining knowledge in the research process (correct)
  • Underlying assumptions of prior studies
  • Steps taken in the research process
  • Approaches to reviewing literature

    • What is the role of research paradigms in approaching scientific research?

  • To compare different research questions
  • To review prior studies
  • To guide the underlying assumptions of a research project (correct)
  • To determine the steps of the research process

    • How do research paradigms influence the research process?

    <p>By providing a framework for gaining knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of research paradigms in addressing different research questions?

    <p>They provide a different scientific approach for each question</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In scenario A, what type of research paradigm is likely to be applied?

    <p>Explanatory paradigm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the understanding research paradigm?

    <p>Subjectivity of the researcher</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes standardization of the research process more difficult in scenario B?

    <p>Variability of attitudes about ethics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which research paradigm aims to exclude the subjectivity of the researcher as much as possible?

    <p>Explanatory paradigm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What motivates research fields in which little or no theoretical approaches exist?

    <p>Understanding paradigm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are research paradigms?

    <p>Assumptions underlying scientific research</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do research paradigms influence the research process?

    <p>By guiding the choice of research questions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In scenario A, what type of research paradigm is likely to be applied?

    <p>Positivist paradigm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of research paradigms in addressing different research questions?

    <p>They provide the underlying assumptions from which knowledge is gained</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which research paradigm aims to exclude the subjectivity of the researcher as much as possible?

    <p>Positivist paradigm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the explanatory research paradigm?

    <p>Searching for universally valid laws</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes standardization of the research process more difficult in scenario B?

    <p>Variability of organizations and attitudes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is ontology concerned with in the context of research paradigms?

    <p>What can one say is true</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fundamental difference between the understanding and explanatory research paradigms?

    <p>Role of the researcher in the research process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the understanding research paradigm assume about reality?

    <p>Reality arises through interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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