PSS Week 7 Lesson 3 by Usic https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf Made with an open mind en-us 2021-05-14 09:51:54 UTC 2021-05-14 10:59:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Why is it assumed that researchers would only use either quantitative or qualitative methods? usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086036 Objectivism/ Positivism/ quantitative methods

Subjectivism/ Interpretivism/ qualitative methods 

Mixed methods (combining qualitative and quantitative methods) ]]> 2021-05-14 09:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086036 2. Author of the chapter indicates three concepts that he finds ‘unhelpful’. In your own words, explain why he describes as such.I. Qualitative and quantitative researchII. ParadigmIII. Positivism usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086176 2021-05-14 09:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086176 3. In the reading, seven different levels at which ‘mixing’ can occur are mentioned. What are they? usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086373 2021-05-14 09:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086373 4. How does the author describe the role of epistemology and ontology in the context of mixed method research? usictech https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086467 2021-05-14 09:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524086467 Group3 2590421 https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524128805 Level 1: data(Is it possible to have numbers and text within the same research?) 
Level 2: methods (Is it possible to have data collection methods that generate numbers and data collection methods that generate text within the same 
research? Is it possible to have data analysis methods for the analysis of numbers and text within the same research?) 
Level 3: design (Is it possible to have interventionalist and noninterventionalist designs within the same research?) 
Level 4: epistemology (Which epistemological set of ideas is most appropriate to account for the knowledge generated through a mixed approach?) 
Level 5: ontology (Is it possible to combine different
assumptions about reality 
within the same research?) 
Level 6: purposes of research (Is it possible to combine the intention to explain with the intention to understand?) 
Level 7: practical roles of research (Can research be orientated toward both a technical and a cultural role?) 
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  •  Qualitative and quantitative research: Qualitative research and quantitative research often conceal the really important aspects of the discussion, and may even generate quasi-problems and objections.
  • II. Paradigm : That is, the paradigm must be widely accepted or rejected instead of allowing the discussion to focus on smaller elements. Therefore, the concept of the paradigm becomes an excuse for not having to discuss the hypotheses supporting the research.
  • III. Positivism:Positivism has become an excuse for not having to participate in the real problem. All knowledge is speculative in a certain sense, and it is actually difficult to defend.

    • ]]>     2021-05-14 10:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524131215     Group 1 https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524137342 1. Because the researchers who use quantitative methods trust the facts , universal laws and theories. They think that nature of  knowldege is objective and focus on discovery and explanation of truth.Therefore, they tend to make a hypothesis ,test it and give the general conclusions in their research. Quantitative is using the methods ,such as questionnarie,survey to analyze the numerical data ,which is objective. 

    2.Qualitative methods focus on descriptive forms of data and on the meaning of people's everyday behaviour in a particular context, usually participant observation, field research and open-ended interviews.The scope is usually small, focusing on people's experiences, perceptions, interpretations and data collection can be obtained from field notes, audio, video recordings and text.
    Because subjectivism is a multiplicity of socially constructed realities, interpretivism focuses on the meaning people give to their actions as well as their environment and how we interpret and make sense of the world we live in, requiring the interpretation of social behaviour in context, favouring the use of qualitative methods.


    3.While the pragmatic justification for mixed methods research is fairly unproblematic—it simply relies on an argument for the utility of research means for research ends]]>     2021-05-14 10:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524137342     group 4 jbai121 https://padlet.com/usictech/el7orf5d60ic8prf/wish/1524147508 1.The fourth level concerns the epistemological assumptions informing research. It is at this level that there has been a substantial amount of discussion. 
     
     
    2.The fifth level of the discussion is that of ontology, that is, of the assumptions and beliefs we hold about reality and, more specifically, about the reality that is the object of research.
     
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