Key issues ➤ What is sociological research? ➤ What different research methods are available to sociologists? ➤ What are the philosophies that underlie the collection and analysis of data? ➤ Why and in what ways have feminists criticized conventional sociological research? Why do sociologists do research? In every society there are many ways that we know what we know – many of which we take for granted. Scott (2002) identifies six basic categories of knowledge: ● Common-sense knowledge – Refers
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Topic: Quantitative Research When conducting political science research‚ the researcher has to follow a particular series of step. The particular sequence is dependent on the type of social research‚ whether Quantitative or Qualitative. According to Burns and Grove (1997)‚ Quantitative research is a formal‚ objective‚ systematic process in which numerical data are utilised to obtain information about the world. It can also be defined as a research process involving the collection‚ analysis and
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points." The most quoted definition of paradigm is Thomas Kuhn ’s (1962‚ 1970) concept in The Nature of Science Revolution‚ i.e. paradigm as the underlying assumptions and intellectual structure upon which research and development in a field of inquiry is based. The other definitions in the research literature include: Patton (1990): A paradigm is a world view‚ a general perspective‚ a way of breaking down the complexity of the real world. Paradigm is an interpretative framework‚ which is guided
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Research skills for Business students Assignment three- Research Proposal Assignment : Research Proposal Words count : Student : Miroslav Begov Student number : 102886096 Programme of Study : N120International Business Management Subject Area of Proposed Study: Cross cultural management: What are the main communication boundaries that lead western managers of International car manufacturing industries based
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research Question – What is consumer attitude towards Indian and MNC’s electrical and electronic products? SUBMITTED BY: Kamaljeet Kaur Sidhu BLR1208032003 SUBMITTED ON: 20th Nov‚ 2012 INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND COMPUTING‚ BANGALORE SESSION – 2012-13 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …………………………………………………………….. 3 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………… 3 OBJECTIVE …………………………………………………………………………..... 4 LITERATURE REVIEW ………………………………………………………………. 4-5 METHODOLOGY
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1. How does the Internet industry converge? What other industries are involved? It has initially been a governmental research tool. In 1994‚ the internet has been publicly accessed. Four years after the public initiation‚ more than 50million users were online and followed by 2 billion users in 2009. Internet is becoming as the melting point of media and entertainment‚ business and workforce collaboration service‚ telecommunication‚ knowledge‚ personalized service. 2. What were the main differences
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THIRD DOING RESEARCH in the REAL WORLD EDITION DAVID E. GRAY 2 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES CHAPTER INTRODUCTION Chapter outline ●● Inductive and deductive reasoning 16 ●● Research methodologies 29 ●● Epistemological and ontological perspectives 19 ●● Selecting research approaches and strategies 34 ●● Theoretical perspectives 21 Keywords ●● Inductive ●● Objectivism ●● Deductive ●● Constructivism ●● Epistemology ●● Subjectivism ●● Ontology
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Basic research and Applied research. The differences are given below: Applied Research: Applied research is basically a scientific study and used to solve practical problems. Its often used to solve everyday problems like cure disease‚ develop technology etc. Basic Research: The basic research is driven purely by curiosity and a desire to expand knowledge. This type of research tends not be applicable directly to the real world‚ but improve our understanding about the world. Basic Research Applied
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field of social science and in particular‚ qualitative research. The focus group practice involves a number of participants having an open discussion on a specific topic‚ set by a researcher. The researcher acts as a moderator to aid discussion by using probes to collect desirable data. This process is recorded and transcripts are used to interpret and analyse given information. Carson et al (2001‚ p.114) refers to focus groups as “A research technique that collects data through group interaction
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Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau/ State of Nature/ Allam/ 2013 “I am at the point of believing‚ that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato. For Plato‚ also is of the opinion that it is impossible for the disorders of the state ever to be taken away until sovereigns be philosophers . . . I recover some hope that one time or other this writing of mine may fall into the hands of a sovereign who will consider it for himself‚ for it is short‚ and I think clear.” -The Monster of
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