WEEK 1 READING - CHAPTER 1 OF SAGE HANDBOOK

Question 1

ARE QUALITATIVE METHODS EVER USED IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH?

Answer 1

SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM ARE.

Question 2

WHAT DOES POSITIVISM REFER TO?

Answer 2

• Positivism refers to a set of beliefs about how legitimate knowledge about the world may be acquired.

Question 3

WHAT HAS POSITIVISM BEEN LINKED TO AND WHY?

Answer 3

• Positivism has been linked to a preference of quantitative data as it requires a scientific approach.

Question 4

WHAT DOES PLURALISTIC RESEARCH DO?

Answer 4

generates multiple interpretations which can be integrated to provide a more complete picture of the phenomenon of interest or on the other hand they could be left alongside each other allowing readers to reflect on their relationship with each other