Research Methodology Quiz

What are the different research paradigms?

What does epistemology study in the context of research?

• The nature of reality

• The nature of knowledge

• The nature of values

• The nature of existence

How does constructivism view reality?

• Reality is knowable and objective.

• Reality is unknowable and subjective.

• Reality is constructed by a social process by humans.

• Reality is defined by power relationships.

What question is central to epistemology?

• What is the meaning of life?

• How do I know these things?

• What is the purpose of art?

• How does technology evolve?

Who are the authors mentioned in the context of epistemology?

• Smith, Johnson, and Lee

• Cohen, Manion, and Morrison

• Brown, Davis, and Wilson

• Taylor, Anderson, and Clark

Which philosophical approach emphasizes the subjective nature of reality?

• Positivism

• Interpretivism

• Realism

• Empiricism

Organise these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Positivism/ Post-positivism

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(b) Interpretivism/ Constructivism

• One single reality

• Belief constitutes knowledge

• Multiple realities

• Facts, numbers, associations

• Subjective measurement

• Opinions, experiences, narratives, meanings

• objective measurement

• Truth constitutes knowledge

Organise these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Positivism/Post-positivism

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(b) Interpretivism/ Constructivism

• Qualitative methodology

• Quantitative methodology

Organise these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Qualitative research

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(b) Quantitative research

• Bias risk

• Large sample sizes

• The research can be replicated

• Can be generalised

• Researcher is part of the research

• Researcher remains neutral in the research process

• Limited generalisability

• Small sample sizes

Organise the below methods into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Qualitative methodology

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(b) Quantitative methodology

• Simulation-based research

• Case study analysis

• Interviews

• Experimentation

• Survey questionnaires

• Statistical analysis

• Focus groups

• Surveys Quest

• 3D modelling