Exam 4: Understanding Research Philosophies and Approaches

Which of these views social entities as separate from social actors?

"Values play a large role in interpreting results from both objective and subjective points of view." The axiological beliefs of which research approach are being stated here?

In order for a positivist to study social phenomena they must first find ways to make invisible processes (like trust, for example) observable.

Which of these is a philosophical concern for understanding the differences between social actors?

Where there is already a lot known about your research topic it is usual to take a deductive approach to research.

Highly structured, large samples and quantative techniques are data collection techniques usually associated with ________.

Burrell and Morgan's (1979) four paradigms are defined by four dimensions. Subjectivist, Objectivist, ________.

"Reality exists independent of humans but is interpreted through social conditioning." Which research paradigm's ontological assumptions are being described here?

"Rebecca conducts some interviews with students to find out their music downloading habits. She then constructs a questionnaire to see if these habits are common across all the students at her university and if there are any cultural differences between UK and Chinese students." What research approach has she adopted here?

Caroline is researching the reasons why customers return garments to a fashion store to investigate manufacturing quality. Which of the following would she probably NOT do if she was taking a positivist approach to this problem?

The word paradigm means ________.

The positivist paradigm prefers working with observable reality to produce law-like generalisations.

"A change in financial accounting procedures will result in higher profits being reported." This statement is a ________.

If you were adopting a pragmatistic research approach, to collect your data you would be most likely to choose ________.

Which research approach will suit the following research question best? "How does the behaviour of followers affect leadership success?"

Our values have an important impact on the research we do and the way we do it.

Your 'ontology' is your belief about the nature of ________.

Positivism and interpretivism are research philosophies.

Phenomenology and symbolic interactionism are associated with which epistemology?

In the deductive approach it is important to use a structured methodology.