Method and methodology The qualitative and quantitative methodologies derive from their respective scientific philosophy or paradigm. Each paradigm has its own ontology and epistemology. The ontological position states how the paradigm perceives the reality and the epistemology is concerned with the nature of and the scope of knowledge (Slevitch, 2011). This, the logic of justification, not only differs between the qualitative and quantitative paradigm but is opposites (ibid). The ontology of
CRITICAL REVIEWS ON CORPUS • Corpus Linguistics in Critical Discourse Analysis: A Case Study on News Reports of the 2011 Libyan Civil War1-Sibo Chen School of Communication, Simon Fraser University This paper reports a comparative analysis of the news coverage of the 2011 Libyan civil war in two national media. The 2011 Libyan civil war attracted wide attention and was extensively covered by various media around the world. However, news discourse regarding the war was constructed differently across
Inspired by constructivist epistemology to produce context-specific statements about the participants in focus, the current thesis appeals to case-studies in the single case-study analysis. Case study method enables a researcher to closely examine the data within a specific context. In most cases, a case study method selects a small geographical area or a very limited number of individuals as the subjects of study. Case study method is widely recognised especially when in-depth explanations of a
Philosophy is a field study that tries, through the logic and reasoning argumentation, to explain as much knowledge as possible and which is the role of the human being in nature. Since ancient times, philosophy has been dedicated to study the most fundamental concepts and principals related to the thinking, action and reality. The range and methodology of philosophy is not rigid, giving space for all types of interpretations and understandings. Philosophy is a very extensive field study which includes
using them for this research. It tries to provide an overall understanding of the methodology used in this case study and also brief explanation of other possible methodologies that can be adopted for this research. Having done that, the manner in which validity threats, reliability and credibility issues were handled during the collection of data as well as how it was can be handled during the interpretation stage was also discussed. In order to completely understand the research (Assessing the Potential
Question 3: Compare and contrast grounded theory and narrative analysis. Be sure to consider similarities/differences in aims, type of data, procedures and epistemology. Also discuss advantages and disadvantages of the two different methods critically. Finally, comment on some ethical issues that you may have to consider in relation to these methods Similarities Both share the same methodology by employing interviews, observations, document analysis, audiovisual materials and the like. Both
introducing the main concepts; national culture and corporate culture, or culture at organizational level. The study conducted by Engelen et al. concentrates on the individualism versus collectivism dimension of national culture and on the strength of the corporate culture. After familiarizing the concepts, the paper presents the hypotheses and clarifies how the hypotheses are derived. Next, the research conducted to test the hypotheses is described. Data was collected from 619 firms in six countries with
ritual, life stages, eating habits, clothing etc. The ethnographic studies tries to explore these customs, features, and social behaviours of a particular society. The researcher spends time in the field, observing these patterns or features of the community and finally document them 1. The critical ethnographic is an approach to ethnography which aims to explore the connection or link between the findings of ethnographic studies and the factors which constitute such realities such as wider social
Languages as a source of National Cohesion Introduction The paramount code of Sufism is, 'Ishq Allah, Ma'bud Allah' (God is love, lover, and beloved). The study emphasizes on national cohesion on the basis of regional languages and the dimension on which this study drives that is regional poetry (Sufism). This study enlightens that national integration can be formulated through regional poetries for the purpose to strengthen the external and internal position of a nation state. Sufis
Objectivism & Health Pharmaceutical Economics 1. An Introduction stating the problem that motivates the research. Ayn Rand was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. She published in 1957; Atlas Shrugged was her greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatized her unique philosophy in an intellectual mystery story that integrated ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and economics. Although she considered herself primarily a fiction writer, she realized