Research Approach And Methodological Choice : Ontology And Epistemology

Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1 Cite this article as: Welford C, Murphy K, Casey D (2011) Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1. Nurse Researcher. 18, 4, 38-43. Received February 12 2010; accepted October 29 2010 Correspondence to Claire Welford Email: claire.welford@ nuigalway.ie Claire Welford RGN, Dip NS, BNS Hons, MSc, PGC TLHE is HRB nursing research fellow Abstract Aim This article aims to provide clear explanations of the research approaches available

philosophers, including the feminist theorist, non-representational theories, and more than human geographers who take inspirations from the deconstructive posthumanism but rather analyze humans’ well-being in a different ontology which Lorimer refers to as nonessentialist, vitalist ontology (Lorimer, 2009). Notable scholars who inspired this strand of posthumanism include Isabelle Stengers, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, and among other equally important scholars. The main argument of this strand of posthumanism

Methodology This methodology section of the research report describes how the study will be conducted and the methods used to collect and analyse the data. The overall aim of this methodology section is to provide an overview on the methods employed so that a judgment can be made as to how appropriate they are and how valid the data that has been generated is. Throughout the methodology process, it is imperative to remember the question this research is aiming to answer for: Has the Recession

and objectives, the research design, justification of the study and the structure of the dissertation. Chapter 2 reviewed the literature on VM and VE, as well as the origins of VM and how it might be utilised by UK project management professionals. This chapter expands on the literature reviewed in the previous chapter to present the methodological structure that was used to generate and gather the data for this study. In accordance with the research topic, qualitative research method is selected

mode to define a better way of understanding the social world. Hollis clearly states that the key task of this book is to reflect on the underlying philosophy of social science through the critical examination of the theory and methodology in each approach. Some of the key questions are; whether the study of social science can use the same method as in natural science, does structure determine an action or does action determines structure in the process of social changes, and is there such a thing

3.7 Sampling Procedures and Techniques. 3.7.1 Sampling Method The researcher will be using a combination of both probabilistic and non-probabilistic method as the research is largely qualitative in nature but there are elements of a quantitative nature. By using a combination of sampling methods it will allow the research to be more realistic and not skewed. The researcher will apply a non-probability – purposive method and using the Heterogeneous sampling technique while analyzing the phenomenon

medical implants (2009). What of humans using an artificial vision system to regain sight after going blind? What of humans having an artificial robotic arm after an accident? These are real-life situations where humans and non-humans are made one entity. Therefore, it will be preposterous to think that this human and non-human divide is relevant in the contemporary time. So, with the examples illustrated above, it will be out of place to assume that humans are separable from non-humans because the

Parsons approach in the lecture is narrative in form and style; the ontological and epistemological needs of research finding metaphoric equivalence in the features and elements of storytelling. There is dramatic tension in the conceptual failure of established orthodoxies of thought; that of the individualisation thesis of Beck and Giddens (Parsons, 2014, p.5, p.15). There is the interjection of a narrative voice (ibid; p.13-14), and the development of characters in the form of research participants

Nature and culture and humans and non-human dualism are first and foremost produced by the modern knowledge production and particularly echoed by the humanistic perspective where greater focus and attention is given to the humans over other beings. This intentional and unintentional act of duality created, I argue, has become immaterial with the appearance of the posthumanistic perspective. First and foremost, with the current development in the field of biotechnology, the increased dependence on

In what ways does the choice of an epistemological perspective or stance influence the formulation of a management research problem? Epistemology is all about knowledge. It is defined by Bonjour (2002) as “the philosophical study of knowledge; its nature, its requirements and its limitations”. Knowledge is about what you know. How you know what you know is dependent on your perceptions, your views, your reasoning and the reality of it. The first time I came across the question “what is knowledge