Chapter 7Understanding Research Methodology and Design

The methodological framework is:
1. The first framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
2. The second framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
3. The third framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
4. The fourth framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
The research methodology used in the research project:
1. Signals the literature reviewed for the research project.
2. Signals the aim and objectives of the study.
3. Signals the background of the study.
4. Signals to the reader how the research was conducted and the philosophical assumptions that underpin the research.
The best way to become familiar with using research methodologies and methods:
1. Is to ask for help using them.
2. Is to ask your classmates to explain to you how they are using them.
3. Is to get some expert help whenever you have to use them.
4. Is to practice using them by developing ideas for research projects in your research diary.
There are very many different:
1. Models of the research process.
2. Models of the four frameworks approach to the research project.
3. Research methodologies in social science research.
4. Models of the methodological pyramid.
Archival research, feminist research and semiotics are all examples of:
1. Data gathering methods.
2. Research methodologies.
3. Fundamental philosophies.
4. Methodological pyramids.
One of the most important decisions in any research project is the decision about:
1. Which research methodology to use.
2. What kind of notebook to use as the research diary.
3. Which research supervisor to work with.
4. Which library to use.
Surveys tend to be:
1. Qualitative research projects, or largely qualitative research projects.
2. Feminist research projects, or largely feminist research projects.
3. Quantitative research projects, or largely quantitative research projects.
4. Image-based research projects, or largely image-based research projects.
A case study methodology is particularly useful when researching:
1. Lived experience.
2. Life histories.
3. Images.
4. A bounded entity such as a specific space or place, or a number of specific spaces or places, a specific incident or number of specific incidents.
Archival research is:
1. Research on lived experiences.
2. Research carried out on the content of archives.
3. Survey research.
4. Research carried out using experiments.
While it is important to learn something of many different research methodologies, the researcher is required to become expert on:
1. One methodology, the methodology used in the research project.
2. Two methodologies, the methodologies used in the research project.
3. Three methodologies, the methodologies used in the research project.
4. Four methodologies, the methodologies used in the research project.
The decision around which research methodology to use:
1. Must be made very quickly.
2. Must be made very slowly.
3. Must only be made if necessary.
4. Must be a reasoned and logical decision and a decision that will stand up to scrutiny.
The methodological framework for the research project contains:
1. The key concepts in the research project.
2. The literature review.
3. All of the data analysis.
4. All of the detail on how the research was carried out.
The term reliability refers to:
1. The degree to which the researcher can be relied upon to complete the research.
2. The degree to which the research supervisor can be relied upon to support the researcher.
3. The degree to which the research can be repeated while obtaining consistent results.
4. The degree to which the methodology used in the research can be relied upon.
The issue of validity refers to:
1. The degree to which the researcher can validly undertake the research.
2. The degree to which the research measures what it purports to measure.
3. The degree to which the research supervisor is a valid supervisor.
4. The degree to which the researcher is a valid researcher.
Triangulation is:
1. The use of more than one than one approach to answering the research question, to responding to the research statement.
2. The relationship between the research project, the researcher and the research supervisor.
3. The relationship between the aim and objectives of the study and the literature review carried out for the study.
4. The relationship between the data gathering methods used, the data gathered, and the data analysed.