Awesome video, thank you so much Dr Hayley. Regards the research approach and how deductive is mostly associated with quantitative research and inductive with qualitative...what if you have mixed method, then what should you go for? Thank you
For mixed method, there could be three approaches: 1. Deductive - Inductive: meaning you start from quantitative to qualitative when collecting data. Also known as the Explanatory approach because the qualitative data is used to explain results from quantitative data analyzed 2. Inductive - Deductive: here you first collect qualitative data using methods like focus group discussions, expert opinion interview etc, and use the analysis to determine what questions that must be included in your questionnaire (the questionnaire is the quantitative research tool). This is also known as the exploratory approach because it enables you to first explore respondents experiences, preferences, opinions and perception of a phenomenon / problem / issue before you proceed to collect numeric data. 3. Abductive: in this case, the researcher swings both ways; from deductive to Inductive, then back to deductive...continuously, as it suits the study. Hope this helps?
Thanks for the brilliant and very useful video. Has definitely guided my research methodology chapter. I noticed that you left out research strategies such as case study, grounded theory, etc. Does mentioning them strengthen the methodology?
I get it but I don't get it. Primarliy the Philosophical layer. Is this to help the reseach udnerstand their base that may influence the research (biases etc), to understand the potential positions that research subjects may have that influence their responses. And how woudl you apply this layer retrospectivley to analyse another persons research. It really does feel like the last layer to me, start with an approach and how / when you will gather data and draw conclusions. I suppose I get stuck on it because the phylosohpies are almost a venn diagrom that don't hold up on their own in real worl thinking, can one ever be 100% relativist or critical realist
You just need to start by giving a broad overview of the underlying philosophy of your research approach, there is lots of info in the research methods textbooks that you can help. Work backward to determine which philosophy it is starting with whether you are doing qualitative or quantitative.
@@TourismTeacher the issue I'm having (apart from appalling spelling!), Is the inability to understand how to apply it, not what it means. My epistemology and ontology will change, as will my axiology. It may change through the process of research so why start there unless that is for personal reflection in my conclusions. The whole aspect of critical realism, pragmatism, interpretivism is just a mess of Venn diagrams on how people (imo - yes i know that's not favourably to acadamia) actually think. Maybe I'm just a grumpy middle age man who's not a fan of academic literature and questions why I blagged my way into a master's degree
