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Researcher’s Paradigm From Ontology to methods

Researcher’s Paradigm From Ontology to methods. Mohammad Waseem Sandouk. Researcher’s Paradigm. Ontology.

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Researcher’s Paradigm From Ontology to methods

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  1. Researcher’s ParadigmFrom Ontology to methods Mohammad Waseem Sandouk

  2. Researcher’s Paradigm

  3. Ontology • The word ontology is a compound word, composed of onto-, from the Greek ὤν, on (gen. ὄντος, ontos), i.e. "being; that which is", which is the present participle of the verb εἰμί, eimi, i.e. "to be, I am", and -λογία, -logia, i.e. "science, study, theory". (Source: Wikipedia.org) Objective Subjective

  4. Epistemology - 1 • Epistemology (i/ɨˌpɪstɨˈmɒlədʒi/ from Greek ἐπιστήμη, epistēmē, meaning "knowledge, understanding", and λόγος, logos, meaning "study of") is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge. (Source: Wikipedia.org)

  5. Epistemology - 2 • Positivism: universal truth, generalizable laws, experimental testing • Post-positivism: giving the experiment a ‘context’ • Critical theory: all knowledge has value & bias, ‘political knowledge’ (Standpoint epistemologies, Marxism, Feminism…) • Critical realism: there are certain truths, but we as researchers bring our own values to them. (defending positivism in response to criticism) • Interpretivism: purely subjective, no single truth (not generalisable), individualised knowledge (meaning, symbols, semiotics…)

  6. Methodology • Various methodologies • Grounded theory • Hypothesis testing • Phenomenology • interpretative approaches • Ethnographic approach • case study approach • ideological framework

  7. Methods • Qualitative methods • Quantitative methods • Mixed methods

  8. Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology, and Method The Simple Relationship Between Epistemology, Methodology, and Method Ontological framework Adapted from Carter, S.M. & Little, M. (2011) http://qhr.sagepub.com/content/17/10/1316

  9. Validity and Reliability • Validity refers to what degree the research reflects the given research problem • Reliability refers to how consistent a set of measurements are. Read more: Research Methodology Source: http://explorable.com/research-methodology

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