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PURPOSE OF RESEARCH
The primary purpose is to explore, interpret, predict or explain an event, a phenomenon or a relationship to advance human understanding and in so doing enhancing the frontier of knowledge . IN SHORT TO SEEK (NEW) KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL EXPAND EXISTING RESERVOIR OF KNOWLEDGE.
KNOWLEDGE IN CONTEXT
SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE GOD GIVEN, OUT THERE, AND HENCE, THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SEARCH. IF IT IS NOT THERE DOESNT MEAN ITS NOT THERE. YOU JUST HAS NOT FOUND IT. SOCIAL SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE SOCIALLY CREATED. IT WILL NOT BE THERE UNLESS THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. MEANINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED BY THE SOCIAL ACTORS. AND IT MAY MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT
QUALITATIVE
SEMI STRUCTURED
TO DESCRIBE VARIATION TO DESCRIBE & EXPLAIN RELATIONSHIPS
RESEARCH APPROACHES
PATTERNS OF THOUGHTS (PATTERN MATCHING) SYMBOLIC MEANINGS THEMES AND CENTRAL IDEAS OF DISCUSSIONS. AFFILIATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS of members
QUALITATIVE VALIDITY
CREDIBILITY THE ISSUE OF TRUSTABILITY TRANSFERABILITY THE ISSUE OF GENERALIZABILITY DEPENDABILITY HOW RELIABLE IS THE DATA? THE ISSUE OF DUPLICITY & REPLICABILITY. CONFORMABILITY & CORROBORABILITY.
MAJOR ISSUES
METHODOLOGICAL INDEPENDENCE AND TRIANGULATION OF METHODS THE MEANS MUST JUSTIFY THE GOALS. ROLES OF RESEARCHERS CONTEXT AND GENERALIZABILITY