Understanding Research Methodology and Methods
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What is the primary difference between research methodology and research methods?

  • Methodology involves interviews, case studies, or surveys, while methods are a justification for the research approach.
  • Methodology focuses on acquiring scientific knowledge, while methods are concerned with exploring unsettled legal questions or issues.
  • Methodology is a tool or technique such as qualitative or quantitative methods, while methods are concerned with the general strategy of undertaking research.
  • Methodology refers to the body of methods guiding thinking within a specific field, while methods imply all techniques used to collect and process data. (correct)

What does research methodology mainly provide a justification or rationale for?

  • The means of acquiring scientific knowledge.
  • The data collection techniques such as interviews and case studies.
  • The general strategy or approach of undertaking research. (correct)
  • The exploration of unsettled legal questions or issues.

What does 'research method' usually imply?

  • All methods and techniques used to collect and process data. (correct)
  • The body of methods guiding thinking within a specific field.
  • The exploration of unsettled legal questions or issues.
  • A tool or technique such as qualitative or quantitative method.

In the context of legal research methodology, what is vital for a researcher to understand?

<p>The underlying methodologies’ assumptions. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of research methodology as per the text?

<p>A means to gather information and data to achieve a valid outcome. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does research methodology refer to in the context of legal research?

<p>A way of addressing and exploring unsettled legal questions or issues. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of legal research methodology?

<p>To analyze and interpret legal information (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes qualitative legal research from quantitative legal research?

<p>Qualitative research is theoretical work without a specific application, while quantitative research tests theories in the real world (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes descriptive legal research?

<p>It attempts to describe a situation, problem, or behavior systematically (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of non-doctrinal or empirical legal research?

<p>To acquire new knowledge with a specific practical application in view (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'black-letter law' approach focus on?

<p>Knowledge of law found in legal texts and statutes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why has pure doctrinal legal research been criticized?

<p>For 'little or no reference to the world outside the law' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should be the basis for adopting a particular legal research methodology?

<p>The research objective and purpose (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of research aims to make complicated things understandable and simple?

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

What is the primary difference between pure doctrinal legal research and non-doctrinal or empirical research?

<p>Pure doctrinal research is original work to acquire new knowledge with a specific practical application in view, while non-doctrinal research is undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge without a specific application. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the nature of exploratory legal research?

<p>It involves finding reasons for things, events, and situations. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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