Ontology

ONTOLOGY AND EPISTOMOLGY OF RESEARCH Dr.M.JAYAKUMAR

RESEARCH   

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ASKING QUESTIONS ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DOES NOT MEAN TO FIND A SATISFACTORY ANSWER ASKING QUESTIONS IS FORMULATION OF YOUR RESEARCH PROBLEM A PROBLEM WELL CONCEIVED IS HALF SOLVED

 INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY (GAIN

KNOWLEDGE)

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PRACTICALITY (URGENCY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM) INTRINSIC ORDERLINESS (OBSERVATION OF REGULARITY) OF A PHENOMENON YOUR QUESTION IS TO BE UNAMBIGUOUS, SPECIFIC TO CONNECT DATA INDICATORS, ANSWERABLE (WHAT DATA REQUIRED) INTERCONNECTED SUBSTANTIVELY RELEVANT

ASPECTS OF RESEARCH 

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ONTOLOGY (ISSUES CONCERNED WITH BEING – WHAT WE BELIEVE TO EXIST, WHAT IS THE PARTICULAR OBJECT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH EPISTOMOLOGY ( CONCERNED WITH KNOWING) – WHAT SORT OF STATEMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED? METHODOLOGY IS CONCERNED WITH LOGIC OF INQUIRY – HOW ARE WE TO DISCOVER AND VALIDATE WHAT WE THINK EXISTS METHODS : CONCERNED WITH THE TECHNICS OF COLLECTING DATA

FOCUS      

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR MEDIA IMPACT HR PRACTICE CAREER CHOICE GROWTH FACTORS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION

QUANTITATIVE STUDY        

PREDETERMINED RESEARCH DESIGN CONCEPTS ARE CLEARLY DEFINED VALUES OF VARIABLE IDENTIFIED DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS ARE PERFECT HYPOTHSES- BASED PERSPECTIVES : POSITIVISTIC, ANTIPOSITIVISTIC POSITIVISTIC : UNITY OF METHOD ANTIPOSITIVISTIC : SEPARATE METHOD FOR NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

CONSTRUCTIVISM 

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POSITIVISM CAN BE APPLIED TO SOCIAL PHENOMENA TO FORM A SCIENCE OF SOCIETY DOMINANT IN TWENTIETH CENTURY CONSTRUCTIVISM : HOLDS SOCIAL REALITY NOT STABLE AND OBJECTIVE, RECREATED THROUGH HUMAN DISCOURSE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE : COMPLEMENTARY METHODOLOGY DEPENDS ON ONTOLOGICAL AND EPISTOMOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS

TRIANGULATION 

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SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PROPOSES MULTIPLE METHODS TRIANGULATION : DATA, THEORY, INVESTIGATOR AND METHODOLOGY NO LUXURY OF RELIABLE DATA, THEORY TO GAIN YOUR STUDY