Research and Research Exercise

Question 1

A philosophy of knowing/ knowledge based on a scientific or realistic approach

Answer 1

Epistemology

Question 2

An epistemology based on science- objective, value-free, systematic, empirical, theoretical, and generalizable

Answer 2

Positivism

Question 3

An epistemology that objects positivism- believes that reality is social constructed- subjective, value-driven, methods emerge with participation, with thick descriptions and content specific

Answer 3

Interpretivism

Question 4

The goal is scientific objectivity, and the focus is on data that can be measured numerically

Answer 4

Quantitative research

Question 5

Interpretive descriptions (words) rather than statistics (numbers) are used to analyze underlying meanings and patterns of social relationships

Answer 5

Qualitative research