Research Method.doc

Research Methodologies: - Quantitative Research - Qualitative Research - mixed Research Axioms: Epistemology: KNOWLEDGE What counts as knowledge and how people come to know it. * What counts as knowledge (Is worthy of knowing?) * It is concerned with the nature and the scope of knowledge Ontology: REALITY What counts as nature, reality, feeling, existence, being or becoming (To Be) * Study of the nature of reality and of being and becoming Logic: REASONING what is acceptable as rigour and inference in the development of arguments, judgements or insights * What logic is acceptable for forming thoughts, conclusions, opinions, judgements, Revelations or insights * What habits of mind are acceptable for reasoning, inference, and arguing one's position * Involves the study of valid argument forms and truth claims Axiology: VALUES What counts as fundamental values and what is conciousness (moral choices, ethics and normative judgements) * Studies the role of the researchers' values in research