Research – What is it?
- Collecting knowledge
- Start with a problem
- Systematic way of collecting info
- Gaining knowledge in pursuit of truth
- Paradigm – a lens (reality)
Ontology – knowledge (Reality is relative)
Epistemology – Reality
- Researcher is linked with reality
The scientific approach…
- Systematic – series of processes
- Control – variables that could have an influence
Related concepts…
- Deductive approach
- Hypothesis
- Theory
The 5 principles of good research
- Cumulative
- Reliable
- Valid
- Parsimonious
- Public