social research
emperisism
it is a combination between positivism and interpretivisim
Ontology
constructionism
qualitative
subject is active
mind dependent
objectivism
subject is passive
mind independent
Epistemology
Interpretism
things are related to human background
relasim
critical, and it combines between epistemology, and ontology
naive, and it is like objectivism and positivism
postivism
science
human error can happen and science is always right
quantitative
influences on the conduct of social research
partial considerations
existence of literature review, cost, time...
values
effect every stage of researcher steps
researcher feelings and beliefs
Theory
inductive
theory driven
from specific to general
deductive
theory test
from general to specific
Strategy
qualitative process
it depends on meanings, background, beliefs of the person... example: A focus group, interview
mixed process
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