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Research Paradigm 2
Research Paradigm 2
ResearchParadigm
Data
Collection
andDesign
Theuseofmathematics
torepresentandanalyze
featuresofsocialreality
isconsistentwith
positivistepistemology:
aparticularfeaturecan
beisolatedand
conceptualizedasa
variable.
Thevariablescanbe
expressedasanumerical
scales.
Deductiveanalysis:
identifyunderlying
themesandpatternsprior
todatacollectionand
searchingthroughthe
dataforinstancesof
them:hypothesistesting
Focusesonthestudyofindividual
casesandbymaking"thick"
verbaldescriptionsofwhatthey
observe.
Analyticinduction:search
throughdatabitbybitandthen
infersthatcertaineventsor
statementsareinstancesofthe
sameunderlyingthemesor
patterns
Viewof
causality
Amechanisticcausality
amongsocialobjects
Individuals'interpretationof
situationscausethemtotake
certainactions
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