Research Philosophy Re-cap Quiz

A research position that requires the researcher to grasp subjective meaning of social actions

• Ontology

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

• Constructivism

• Objectivism

A branch of philosophy which questions what exists, and how we view reality

• Ontology

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

• Constructivism

• Objectivism

An ontological position that asserts social phenomena and their meanings have nothing to do with the person who studies it.

• Ontology

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

• Constructivism

• Objectivism

A position that emphasises the use of experimental research

• Ontology

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

• Constructivism

• Objectivism

An ontological position that accepts that knowledge is constructed through social experience and is dependent on human perception of social conventions

• Ontology

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

• Constructivism

• Objectivism