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In the context of social research, the importance of context and agreement highlights the need for:
Critical reading and reflective thinking
The overlapping interests in naturalist vs. interpretivist and objectivist vs. constructionist orientations suggest that:
Methods are not exclusive to one school
Qualitative research often exhibits features associated with a natural science model, implying that it:
May share characteristics with quantitative research
In multi-strategy research that combines both quantitative and qualitative methods, the combination is noted as:
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Which research method can involve limited quantification?
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What kind of researchers believe in a reality external to the observer?
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Which type of research can be inductive, emerging after data collection, and may involve qualitative elements?
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What is a characteristic of multi-strategy research?
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Which type of methods can be used interchangeably to examine each other?
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Study Notes
- Empiricist themes: focus on direct contact with reality, grounding theories in data, meanings from actions ascertained through senses
- Some qualitative researchers are realists, believing in a reality external to the observer
- Quantitative researchers also explore meaning through methods like content analysis
- Epistemological and ontological assumptions may not align with chosen research strategies
- Quantitative research can be inductive, emerging after data collection, and may involve qualitative elements
- Quantitative and qualitative methods can be used interchangeably to examine each other
- Deductive and inductive methods used in both quantitative and qualitative research
- Some qualitative research can involve limited quantification
- Artificiality can be present in both quantitative and qualitative research
- Multi-strategy research can be used when relying on one method alone is insufficient
- The use of a research method does not automatically dictate a specific epistemological or ontological stance
- Qualitative research can help interpret the relationship between variables and address different research questions
- Multi-strategy research is becoming more common, with methods seen as techniques for data collection, and a softening in the feminist position against quantitative methods
- Multi-strategy research must be competently designed, conducted, and appropriate for the research questions being asked
- More data is not always better, and the goal is to effectively answer the research question.
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