Select the choice which best completes the statement, or answers the question, by clicking on the corresponding letter.
The philosophical framework is the:
The frame of mind of the researcher undertaking the research.
World view within which the research is situated.
The approach the academic institution takes to research.
Framework of collaboration developed between the researcher and research supervisor.
The concept of ‘fit’ is used to explain how:
Every aspect of the research project should fit with every other aspect of the research project. All the elements of the research project must ‘fit’ together.
Well the research project fits with the researcher.
Well the research project fits with all of the other responsibilities of the researcher.
The relationship between the researcher and the research supervisor works.
The first question a researcher asks themselves when they start a research project is:
Why do I have to do this?
Who can I get to help me with this?
What am I going to do?
When am I going to be finished with this?
The second question a researcher asks themselves when they start a research project is:
Why do I have to do this?
Who can I get to help me with this?
What am I going to do?
How am I going to do it? (the methodology and the methods to be used)
In deciding on what methodology and methods to use in the research, it is important to remember that these decisions must be:
Discussed and explained in detail in the opening paragraph of the report of the research.
Justified.
Made in line with the traditional research methods used in business research.
Made in collaboration with a team of advisors.
Ontology refers to:
The study of being.
The study of space.
The study of air.
The study of light.
Epistemology relates to:
Space, to what constitutes space.
Air, to what constitutes air.
Language, to what constitutes language.
Knowledge, to what constitutes knowledge.
The methodological pyramid shows how:
Important data gathering methods are.
Important it is to engage in triangulation in research.
The fundamental philosophies support the different research methodologies which in turn support the different data collection methods.
To use the model of the research process.
Quantitative data are data in the form of:
Images.
Numbers, numerical data.
Attitudes.
Impressions.
Qualitative data is:
Non numerical data.
Numerical data.
Statistical data.
Data in the form of numbers.
Theory, in relation to research, is:
Relevant only in some research projects.
Any idea the researcher develops in relation to their research project.
The explanation the researcher develops for their research project.
To be found in literature. Literature is research that has already been carried out and completed and published.
All research conducted or carried out within an academic setting is:
Highly theoretical.
Either theoretical or applied research.
Embedded in theory.
Applied research.
The findings of research that does not have a theoretical base, a theoretical framework are:
Always generalisable.
Are relevant only in social science research.
Applicable only to certain populations.
Limited to the specific context within which the research was situated.
Concepts are:
Key data gathering methods.
Key words, key ideas.
Important research methodologies.
Fundamental philosophical frameworks.
Concepts, created and developed, and aligned with other concepts, are:
The building blocks of theory.
Relevant to the methodological framework.
Meaningful only in the context of the literature review.
Meaningful only in the context of the theoretical framework.