Exam 1: Introducing Business Research

The interpretivist and the social constructionist hold that reality, that which is real, is unique to each individual, and to the manner in which each individual, given their own unique set of circumstances and life experiences, construct, experience and/or interpret their world.

Concepts are fundamental to research they:

Literature in the context of a research project is:

The fourth framework of the four frameworks approach is:

There are many different methodologies used in conducting research, among them case study, survey, experimental design, meta analysis, attitude research, action research, ethnography, feminist research, grounded theory, semiotics, image-based research and phenomenology.

Data collection methods are:

Rigour in research refers to:

The four frameworks are the conceptual framework, the theoretical framework, the methodological framework and the analytical framework.

The four frameworks approach to undertaking research:

The four frameworks approach to the research process facilitates researchers in developing thoroughly integrated, sound, research projects.

Literature in the context of a research project is an account of research which has already been carried out and published in books, in articles in scientific journals, in theses, in conference reports, in government reports, in the reports of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations), and in the media.

Social research paradigms are:

Positivists and social constructionists and interpretivists hold different views or perspectives on the nature of reality

The third framework of the four frameworks approach is:

A literature review is a listing of all of the literature relevant to the research project.

The data gathered allows you, the researcher, to build a picture on the phenomenon under investigation; the more data and the better its quality, the more complex and richer the picture of the phenomenon you can present in the written report of the research.

The research diary:

Empirical data is:

Positivists see the world as having one reality of which we are all a part.

The analytical framework contains all of the analysis carried out for the research that is to be presented in the written account of the research project. The researcher is guided in the work of carrying out and presenting the data analysis for the research project by the conceptual framework and the theoretical framework constructed for the research project. The methodological framework constructed for the research project provides the means through which data for analysis are to be gathered.