positivistresearchhasthefollowingcharacteristics:lResearchisbroadratherthanspecialised–lotsofdifferentthingsqualifyasresearch;lTheoryandpracticecannotbekeptseparate.Wecannotaffordtoignoretheoryforthesakeof‘justthefacts’;1 lTheresearcher’smotivationsforandcommitmenttoresearcharecentralandcrucialtotheenterprise(Schratz...
A post-positivist research approach advocates methodological pluralism. It is based on the assumption that the method to be applied in a particular study should be selected based on the research question being addressed. The research described here takes a post-positivist approach, applying ...
Scientific Method: Science is regarded as a way to obtain truth, understand the world to predict and control it. The world is deterministic and follows the law of cause and effect. Science mainly uses deductive reasoning to...
A case study provides the focus for a practical illustration of how a post-positivist approach to education research could be applied. Suggestions for further reading are provided for those who are keen to delve deeper into the history and key tenants of the post-positivist stance. 展开 ...
Those in... W Trochim 被引量: 7发表: 2010年 Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivism When we talk about positivism, empiricism, post-positivism or the antipositivist (interpretive) approach, we mean the epistemological and methodological frame of reference that ...
As a discursive orientation grounded in practical reason, the post positivist approach situates empirical inquiry in a broader interpretive framework. More then just an epistemological alternative, the approach is offered as a better description of what social science actually do in practice the essay...
By employing a retrospective collaborative autoethnographic approach, this work aims to better understand how an interdisciplinary context shaped the authors’ experiences of British academia during their Ph.D research. The authors bring together their individual observations and experiences to collectively int...
The critique of geographers probably stems from the legacy of the time when hazards research within geography was dominated by positivist approaches. However, geography has long focused on the context in which disasters occur, and how human-environment relations are political. Previously, the focus ...
We believe that the naturalistic aspects of our clinical research intersecting with the positivist components led to sound construct of our work. Moreover, it emphasized our unique positions as health science researchers in the inclusion of qualitative enquiry into clinical research. 展开 ...
“silos” where there is more likely to be a shared understanding of the problems they face and the approach to addressing them. When the system involves a broader range of stakeholders there are more likely to be differences in goals, interests, understandings, and approaches, which can cause...