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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the critical Paradigm | It is critical of both the interperetivism and positivism for ignoring the social context and the ways in which social,political and economic power relations shape the social world. |
| What is the main arguement of the critical paradigm | that all knowledge is historical and broadly political in nature. They argue that knowledge is shaped by human interests of different kinds . |
| who developed the critical theory | Association with the Frankfurt school. Neo Marxists |
| what is the ontology of the critical theory | Historical Realism or critical realism. There is a reality that we can apprehend but this is shaped by economic, political, cultural and social relations of class, ethnicity and gender |
| what is the epistemology of the critical theory | Subjectivism- what we think of as real and our experiences of it is shaped by our subjective understanding - similar to interpretivism. Born into a world already made and shaped by power and ideology |
| what are the different variations of critical theory | Neo marxist influenced work feminism critical race theory post colonial theory queer theory |
| what are the criticisms of the critical theory | simular to the interpretivist approach- rejects foundationsal approach to knowledge and tends to favour qualitative methods. |
| What is the pragmatist paradigm | concerned with the applications- what works and solutions to problems. Researchers use all approaches to undertand the problem. instead of methods being important the problem is the most important |
| What is the ontology of the pragmatist paradigm | Pragmatists do not see the world as an absolute unity. Is not commited to any one system of philosophy and reality |
| what methodology and methodology would the pragmatist paradigm use? | a mixed methods approach combination od quantitative eg surveys, questionnaires qualitaive such as interviews, focus groups |
| what are the critiscm of the pragamtist paradigm | Assumes a lack of bias in methods Problem-solving approach cannot investigate issues of structural inequality and exclusion (Thompson, 1997) Should it be linked to mixed-methods research? A single method may be ‘what works |
| What is the epistemology of the pragmatist approach | Truth is what works at the time and is not based in a strict dualism between the mind and reality completely indepnedent of the mind . Knowledge claims arise out of actions, situations and consequences rather then artecedent conditions. |
| what is positivism | aims for universal laws no pathway other then science |
| what is the ontology of positivism | objectivism- to call anything real means it is detatched from the individuals. |
| what is the epistemology of positivism | realism- holds meanings reside within entities as objective truth and independent of the human mind. researcers strive to detatch themsleves from reality under investigation to minimise researecher bias |
| what is the methodology and methods of positivism | methodology- quantitative methods- surveys, questionnaires |
| the critisms of positivism | •How objective is science – e.g. Darwin’s ideas shaped by social norms •Kierkegaard – human subjectivity is a source of knowledge, knowledge cannot be value-free •That which cannot be observed cannot be measured? |
| what is interpreteivism | questioning of universal applications other ways of knowing the social world- more sensitivity to context and historical context |
| what is the ontology of interpretivism | cristises the scientific paradigm as many staitistics it relies on are socially contructed no single explanation of the world but multiple meanings |
| what is the epistemology of interpretivism | Concepts such as feelings, and emotions form the basis of the interpretative approach. They are not measured numerically – interpretivists would argue that these concepts are too complex to be reduced to numbers |
| what is the methodology and methods of interpretivism | methodolody- qualitaive approach methods - case studies, interviews and focus groups |
| what are the cristism of interpretivism | once researcher is involved no longer natural and authentic produces work that is descriptive and analytical |
| what is empirical research | a systematic process of gathering and analysing evidence from direct observation or experinces to answer a question |
| what does peer reviewed mean | Means a scholary article, paper or research has been evaluated by other experts in the same field before publishing to ensure quality, reliablity and originality |
| what is validity | asks the question are we measuring what we want to be measuring- refers to the accuracy of a result |
| what is reliability | extent of which research is free of measurement error |
| how can we minimise bias in research 4 marks | - use random sampling -acknologe own bias use a control group - used mixed methods |
| what is triangulation | using more then 1 data sources/ methodology/ researchers to be able to compare results |
| what are the ethical obligations of a researcer 4 marks | keep partcipents safe from harm do not decive partcipents right to withdraw at any time right to anominity gain consent |
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