My research design

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My research design

• 12th of December 2006

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Worldviews
Research design
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Four worldviews

• Post-positivism
• Constructivism
• Advocacy and Participatory
• Pragmatism

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Five common elements in all four worldviews

• What is the nature of reality?
• What is the relationship between researcher and
  that being observed?
• What is the role of values?
• What is the process of research?
• What is the language of research?

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What is my own stance?

• With each cell in the matrix,
• I wondered
• Which description fits me the best?

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My own worldview

• I am in advocacy and participatory and to a
  lesser extent in constructivism and pragmatism.

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Which is the relation between worldviews and
research designs?
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Post-positivism
Pragmatism
Advocacy and Paticipatory
Constructivism
Quantitative Research
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Research
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My own research designA qualitative or a mixed
mehtods approach?
Advocacy and Paticipatory
Constructivism
Pragmatism
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Research
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Four phases
1996-1999
Winter 2003/4
Winter 2003/4
Spring 2004
Summer 2004
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Each phase a different focus
Exploratory
Triangulation
Triangulation
Explanatory
Explanatory
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Five strategies for data collection
Participant observation
Documents analysis
Questionnaire
Interviews
Focus group discussion
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Qualitative and Quantitative data
qual
QUAL
quan QUAL
QUAL
qual
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My research design a follow-up model((qual ?
QUAL) (quan QUAL)) ? QUAL ? qual
qual
QUAL
quan QUAL
QUAL
qual
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Conclusions
My own worldview Advocacy and participatory in
lesser extent Constructivism and Pragmatism
My own research design Qualitative Research