Realing in the Years
A Decent Proposal
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100

If I adopt a critical realist paradigm, my research method will most likely be...

Qualitative
100

Name the first 3 chapters of the proposal, in order

Introduction, Literature Review, Research Method

100

An ontology is how we think about the nature of what?

reality

200

Post positivists are often described as what sort of observer?

dispassionate

200

Name 3 outcomes of your literature review


Research problem, research question, theoretical and conceptual framework.

200

Per Alvesson and Sandberg, 2 ways to identify research problems are ____ and _____.

Gap-spotting and problematization

300

Someone who views reality through power structures is thought to be a ....

critical realist

300

In which methodology does one method contribute to another method?

mixed methods

300
In a qualitative research design, what 2 types of questions might I be asking?

How and Why?

400

Someone who believes that reality can be discovered absolutely is thought to be a 

Positivist

400

What sort of methodology would you expect to follow a social constructivist epistemology?

qualitative

400

While natural sciences tends to rely on laws, social sciences relies on _____. This means that phenomenon cannot be ______.

theories, proven
500

Which epistemology views reality through social structures?

Feminism

500

Name 3 categories of questions that might be asked in a quantitative research design...

descriptive, difference, relationship (association)

500

He was largely credited with the abandonment of positivism in the social sciences.

Karl Popper