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 (D)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What is the focus of the understanding research paradigm?

<p>Subjectivity of the researcher (A)</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 (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What are research paradigms?

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

How do research paradigms influence the research process?

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

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

<p>Positivist paradigm (B)</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 (C)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the explanatory research paradigm?

<p>Searching for universally valid laws (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the understanding research paradigm assume about reality?

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

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