Research Approaches & philosophical worldview: Fun Quiz

Which of the following researchers belong to a transformative worldview?

• A researcher who holds the view that research

  inquiry needs to be intertwined with politics and a political change agenda to confront social

  oppression at whatever levels it occurs.

• A researcher who fabricates false information.

• A researcher who holds a deterministic philosophy in which causes (probably) determine effects or

  outcomes. Their assumptions are only represented by the traditional form of research, and these

  assumptions hold true more for quantitative research than qualitative research

• A researcher who only focuses on the need to do research for their own credentials

A Pragmatic Worldview is a worldview that ...

• ... only views research from a quantitative approach.

• ... bases its assumptions on pseudoscience from fields such as astrology, homeopathy, or conspiracy theories unsupported by credible evidence.

• ... rejects all forms of peer reviewed research employing the Scientific Method

• ... arises out of actions, situations, and consequences rather than antecedent conditions

  (as in postpositivism). There is a concern with applications—what works—and solutions to

  problems. Instead of focusing on methods, researchers emphasize the research problem

  and use all approaches available to understand the problem.

Social constructivists believe that individuals seek understanding of the world

in which they live and work. Individuals develop subjective meanings of their experiences—

meanings directed toward certain objects or things. These meanings are varied and multiple, leading

the researcher to look for the complexity of views rather than narrowing meanings into a few

categories or ideas.

• False

• True

Mixed methods research is ...

• ... an approach to inquiry that combines both qualitative and quantitative forms of research. It involves philosophical assumptions, the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the mixing or integrating of both approaches in a study.

• ... a means for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. The process of research involves emerging questions and procedures; collecting data in the participants’ setting; analyzing the data inductively, building from particulars to general themes; and making interpretations of the meaning of the data. The final written report has a flexible writing structure.

• ... a means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables. These variables can be measured, typically on instruments, so that numbered data can be analyzed using statistical procedures. The final written report has a set structure consisting of introduction, literature and theory, methods, results, and discussion. 

• Research that ignores empirical evidence.

Qualitative research is ...

• .. an approach to inquiry that combines both qualitative and quantitative forms of research. It involves philosophical assumptions, the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the mixing or integrating of both approaches in a stud

• ... a means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables. These variables can be measured, typically on instruments, so that numbered data can be analyzed using statistical procedures. The final written report has a set structure consisting of introduction, literature and theory, methods, results, and discussion. 

• ... a means for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. The process of research involves emerging questions and procedures; collecting data in the participants’ setting; analyzing the data inductively, building from particulars to general themes; and making interpretations of the meaning of the data. The final written report has a flexible writing structure.

• Is not the best research approach.

Quantitative research is ...

• ... a means for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. The process of research involves emerging questions and procedures; collecting data in the participants’ setting; analyzing the data inductively, building from particulars to general themes; and making interpretations of the meaning of the data. The final written report has a flexible writing structure.

• ... a means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables. These variables can be measured, typically on instruments, so that numbered data can be analyzed using statistical procedures. The final written report has a set structure consisting of introduction, literature and theory, methods, results, and discussion. 

• That bases it's finding on dogmatic ideologies

• ... an approach to inquiry that combines both qualitative and quantitative forms of research. It involves philosophical assumptions, the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the mixing or integrating of both approaches in a study.