social research

quantitative process

is the information that can be measured and written down with numbers. example: your height, your shoe size, and the length of your fingernail

mixed process

qualitative process

it depends on meanings, background, beliefs of the person... example: A focus group, interview

deductive

from general to specific

theory test

inductive

from specific to general

theory driven

values

researcher feelings and beliefs

effect every stage of researcher steps

partial considerations

existence of literature review, cost, time...

postivism

quantitative

science

human error can happen and science is always right

relasim

naive, and it is like objectivism and positivism

critical, and it combines between epistemology, and ontology

Interpretism

things are related to human background

objectivism

mind independent

subject is passive

constructionism

mind dependent

subject is active

qualitative

it is a combination between positivism and interpretivisim