Research Methodology
4. 1 Overview
This chapter explains the research method and philosophical perspective that adapted for this study. The chapter discusses how the research objectives will be addressed. The chapter is organized to represent several teams as follows:
Section 4.1 introduces a brief about the chapter structure.
Section 4.2 explains the philosophical perspective of this research which is approached by using mixed methods (Qualitative and Quantitative methods).
Section 4.3 presents the methodology that used in this study. The empirical study adopted mixed methods following (Creswell, 2013) method. Section 4.4 explains the nature of qualitative approach in this study, while section 4.5 clarify the nature of quantitative
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27), moreover, Feilzer (2010) define pragmatism as “sidesteps the contentious issues of truth and reality” (Feilzer, 2010, P. 8) from these two definitions, pragmatism is mixed between reality and truth.
Pragmatic philosophy embraces the other two research philosophies positivism and phenomenology. Positivism adopts on the idea of social reality is independent of the human awareness. This type of research believe that reality is objective and can be described by measured predictive, and the researcher independent from the viewer in the positivist paradigm as Myers explained (Myers, 2013). Opposite to the positivist paradigm, phenomenology is “a fact or occurrence that appears or is perceived, especially one of which the cause is in question” (Allen, 1990, P893). Phenomenology paradigm as Collis and Hussey (2003) discusses is “concerned with understanding human behaviour from the participant 's own frame of reference” (Collis and Hussey, 2003, P53). It assumed that social reality is inside us and in our minds, and so, the act of investigating the reality is explored as it has an effect on that reality. As a result, considerable regards is paid to the subjective nature of the individual (Collis and Hussey, 2003; Hussey and Hussey, 1997).This type of philosophy is focusing on the meaning of social phenomena, while positivism approach is focusing on the measurements.
While identifying the significance of the pragmatic research philosophy to the understanding
This chapter covers the background and rationale, statement of the opportunity, purpose, research questions, nature of the study, definition of key terms, the significance of the study, assumptions, and limitations. It also covers the scope, worldview and theoretical foundation depicting the logical path of the research study.
Research, no matter what field, is often conducted and analysed in accordance with two basic approaches: quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative approach aims to test a hypothesis and examine the relationship through generating numerical data or other information that is than converted into numbers, whereas the qualitative approach is more exploratory, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of the research subject. Through breaking down and examining the key features in each of these approaches it is evident that although they both begin with a problem the researcher aims to understand they fundamentally differ. The table below shows side by side comparisons, highlighting the differences that can be used to differentiate these approaches, described broadly across three main categories.
Qualitative research methods are complex meaningful analysis characterised by processes and meanings that are not experimentally examined or measured in terms of mathematical measurements (Lincoln, 2003; Sarantakos, 2005). Quantitative research however, relies and builds on mathematical procedures and methods, such as frequency, quality, amount and statistical procedure. This paper will compare and contrast both qualitative and quantitative research methods endeavouring to highlight differences and similarities between the two methods.
The results of article two used the mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative data. “Mixed methods research is an approach to inquiry that combines or associates both qualitative and quantitative forms. It involves philosophical assumptions, the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the mixing of both approaches in a study. Thus, it is more than simply collecting and analyzing both kinds of data; it also involves the use of both approaches in tandem so that the overall strength of a study is great than either qualitative or quantitative research.” (Creswell, 2007). The authors used their research to answer their research question;
Within this assignment we are asked to identify if the research article that we choose for this unit is either a phenomenological approach or a generic qualitative approach was used, and then describe the physiognomies the evidence to support the identification. We then must explain and identify the main phenomenon that was under investigation in the research; describe the qualitative approach to analyzing the data in this study; describe what the data collection process as well as the role of the researcher; and evaluate the scientific merit of the selected approach. Next we will discuss how did the approach we used (either phenomenology or generic qualitative) help the researcher to answer the research question, and how differently might we have designed the research study differently?
The research will make use of both primary and secondary sources of data. In the primary source, questionnaires and interviews were granted.
The research began by Using the library database such as CINAHL, to six peer-reviewed research article, ensuring that they were both qualitative and Quantitative. Then the writer was given the opportunity to review one done by a quantitative and a qualitative method. The quantitative study
This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of methodology used in this study: research design, study participants, data collection and instruments, reliability and validity, data analysis, ethical concerns, and study limitations, followed by a brief summary.
This research will be adopting the mixed method approach, as it will assist in gathering both qualitative and quantitative methods to ascertain the authenticity of information used. Any weaknesses in either of the research methods will be complemented and compensated by the other’s strength.
This chapter includes the methodology and research design of the study. The chapter is organized in the following sections: (a) research design and design appropriateness;
Suitable methods were individually considered for quantitative and qualitative processes. The questionnaire was used to obtain quantitative and qualitative data.
This chapter discusses the methods used in the study. It consists of research design, data and data source, data collection and data analysis.
The main idea of the research was built upon a general insight that was gathered by reviewing a number relevant literature and research papers. Therefore the perspective of the research was an objective view, instead of subjective view, which was built on a personal
Quantitative research involves collecting data, which can be expressed numerically. The design is well structured with pre-determined outcomes. It frequently involves testing a hypothesis, which then can be analysed from the data deductively using statistical methods. Using numerical data is easier to analysis mathematical, so larger sample sizes can be utilised compared to qualitative research, therefore giving a better representative of the population; along with simplifying the process of making a generalisation. Another advantage is that studies can easily compare to similar findings (Kruger, 2003). The disadvantages are the results are limited and might not provide a proper understanding of the topic. Also, statistics and leading questions can be used to give a false representation of the data when summarising.
The methodology chosen is qualitative in nature and involves an extensive review of literature in this area of study.