Article 2: Milgram

Question 1

[research philosophy] What is the ontology of this article?

Answer 1

objectivism (experimenting social entities independent from social actors)

Question 2

[research philosophy] What is the epistemology of this article?

Answer 2

positivism (observable reality - searching for regularities and causal relationships in the data to create law-like generalizations)

Question 3

[research philosophy] What is the axiology of this article?

Answer 3

value-free, the researcher is independent of the data and maintains an objective stance

Question 4

[research philosophy] What is the research approach of this article?

Answer 4

deductive, based on earlier studies (theories): theory falsification/verification

Question 5

[research design] What is the methodological of this article?

Answer 5

mixed method

Question 6

[research design] What is the research purpose?

Answer 6

explanatory study

Question 7

[research design] What is the research strategy?

Answer 7

experiment (within-subjects design), observation

Question 8

[research design] What is the time horizon?

Answer 8

snapshot

Question 9

[research tactics] What is the sample method that is used?

Answer 9

Non-probability - volunteer, self selection

Question 10

[research tactics] name the three ethical principles that Milgram is not following

Answer 10

• avoidance of harm
• privacy of those taking part
• voluntary nature of participation and right to withdraw