CMNS 262- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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What is research: data analysis to draw a useful conclusion, quantitative vs. qualitative methods, the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts. Look for sources/evidence to support ideas and reach new conclusions: a systematic practice of engaging the world in pursuit of production of knowledge, re-searching, encountering the world anew. Why study methods: research methods/methodology is concerned with how we conduct research, methods: research techniques, how to collect & analyze data, methodologies, more than a sum of methods. Include epistemological questions (what counts as knowledge?: political implications, ethical issues. Paradigms: frameworks to understand the reality, a way of knowing, a (cid:862)paradigm shift(cid:863) (thomas kuhn) Four paradigms: positivist paradigm: knowledge by discovery (objective truth, prefers quantitative data/research, constructivist paradigm: knowledge by interpretation (multiple realities, prefers qualitative data/research, critical paradigm: knowledge by criticism, can use both quantitative and qualitative (mixed methods) Quantitative: affordances, generalizable, quick, objective, credible (policy, large populations.
