Week 10 Lesson 1 by Usic https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk en-us 2022-03-15 18:01:32 UTC 2022-03-21 09:47:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 5 https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104930974 1.Qualitative  is one which provides insights and understanding of the problem setting. It is an unstructured, exploratory research method that studies highly complex phenomena that are impossible to elucidate with the quantitative research. Although, it generates ideas or hypothesis for later quantitative research.      
Quantitative research is a form of research that relies on the methods of natural sciences, which produces numerical data and hard facts. It aims at establishing cause and effect relationship between two variables by using mathematical, computational and statistical methods. The research is also known as empirical research as it can be accurately and precisely measured.

2.（1）Positivism is a philosophy that states that the only true knowledge is scientific knowledge. Positivism is at the heart of the foundations of academic sociology.
（2）Interpretivism is a theoretical position that proposes that the social sphere cannot be studied using the investigative methods used in the natural sciences, and that the investigation of the social sphere requires different epistemology. This anti-positivist epistemology is based on the belief that the concepts and languages used by researchers in their research shape their perceptions of the social world they are investigating and defining.

3.Research strategy:
provides the overall direction of the research including the process by which the research is conducted. It is a step by step plan of action that gives us a clear understanding of thoughts and efforts, enabling us to conduct research to produce results. Case study, survey, experiment, actual research, and theory are some examples. 
]]> 2022-03-21 09:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104930974 group 3 clau84 https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104931838 Qualitative research
Qualitative research is expressed in words. It is used to understand concepts, thoughts or experiences. This type of research enables you to gather in-depth insights on topics that are not well understood.Common qualitative methods include interviews with open-ended questions, observations described in words, and literature reviews that explore concepts and theories.

Quantitative research
Quantitative research is expressed in numbers and graphs. It is used to test or confirm theories and assumptions. This type of research can be used to establish generalizable facts about a topic.Common quantitative methods include experiments, observations recorded as numbers, and surveys with closed-ended questions.


Positivism is a philosophical theory of empiricism which holds that all true knowledge is either true by definition or positive - which means that by reason and logic from a posteriori facts derived from sensory experience. Other ways of knowing such as theology, metaphysics, intuition or introspection, are rejected or considered meaningless. 

Interpretivism, also known as interpretivist involves researchers to interpret elements of the study, thus interpretivism integrates human interest into a study. Accordingly, “interpretive researchers assume that access to reality (given or socially constructed) is only through social constructions such as language, consciousness, shared meanings, and instruments

A Research Strategy is a step-by-step plan of action that gives direction to your thoughts and efforts, enabling you to conduct research systematically and on schedule to produce quality results and detailed reporting.
]]> 2022-03-21 09:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104931838 Group 1 https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104933945 1. Numbers and graphs are used in quantitative research. It's utilised to put hypotheses and assumptions to the test or validate them. This form of study may be utilised to come up with generalizable facts about a subject. Experiments, observations recorded as numbers, and surveys with closed-ended questions are all common quantitative procedures.

Qualitative research is written down. It's utilised to comprehend ideas, thoughts, and experiences. This form of study allows you to learn more about issues that aren't well-understood. Interviews with open-ended inquiries, observations reported in words, and literature reviews that investigate concepts and theories are all common qualitative approaches.

2. Positivism is the name for the scientific study of the social world. Its goal is to formulate abstract and universal laws on the operative dynamics of the social universe. A law is a statement about relationships among forces in the universe. In positivism, laws are to be tested against collected data systematically. the principle that science including social sciences should be concerned only with observable entities that are known directly to experience

3. Theory > Hypothesis > Research design > Devise measures of concepts > Select research site/s > Select research subjects / respondents > Administer research instruments/ collect data > Process data > Analyse data > Findings/conclusions > Write up findings/conclusions

]]> 2022-03-21 09:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104933945 Group 4 xchen219 https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104939470 1. Quantitative data is numbers-based, countable, or measurable. Qualitative data is interpretation-based, descriptive, and relating to language. Quantitative data tells us how many, how much, or how often in calculations. Qualitative data can help us to understand why, how, or what happened behind certain behaviors.

2. positivism recommends using scientific methods to analyze human behavior and society whereas interpretivism recommends using non-scientific, qualitative methods to analyze human behavior.

3. Research strategy provides the overall direction of the research including the process by which the research is conducted. Case study, experiment, survey, action research, grounded theory, and ethnography are examples of such research strategies.

]]> 2022-03-21 09:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104939470 group 2 mtsoi4 https://padlet.com/usictech/vamsxpjqk8m172xk/wish/2104939755 1.Qualitative research is a type of research method that focuses on the collection and use of qualitative data such as words to conduct in-depth interpretive analysis.
Quantitative research is a type of research method that focuses on acquiring statistical and numerical data for study and interpretation.   

2.Positivism is a philosophy which states that the only authentic knowledge, in opposition to pure empiricism and central to the foundation of academic sociology.

Interpretivism is a sociological approach that emphasises the need to understand or interpret the beliefs, motives, and reasons of social actors in order to understand social reality

3.Research strategy sets the general direction of research. It is one of the elements of research methodology and includes the process in which research is carried out. 

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