Positivist
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The Usefulness of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches ...
files.eric.ed.gov(axiology), epistemology, ontology, and methodology when dealing with positivist (quantitative researcher) and social constructivist (qualitative researcher). Guba and Lincoln (1994, p109) stated four distinct paradigms associated with social researches as being: constructivism, critical theory, positivism and postpositivism.
Choosing a Methodology: Philosophical Underpinning
files.eric.ed.govrelationality since research is subjective – even the most scientific, positivist, objective, quantitative researcher will make a subjective choice, for example, of which statistical measure to apply – and interpretative as the researchers perceptions are utilised in all stages of decision-making throughout a research project.
DEFINING THE CASE STUDY — Yin, Ch. 1
ocw.mit.edupositivist: there is a single reality, independent of any observer . hermeneutic: multiple realities exist having multiple meanings (how does this approach impact datacollection?) Case study vs other forms of research: Experiments are context free; surveys aren’t structured to investigate context; histories deal with context but in the past