50% found this document useful (4 votes) 1K views 4 pages d Original TitlePhilosophical Assumptions Underlying Qualitative as Opposed to Quantitative Research Copyright© © All Rights Reserved Available FormatsDOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd Share this documentDid you find this document useful?50% found this document useful (4 votes) 1K views4 pages Philosophical Assumptions Underlying Qualitative As Opposed To Quantitative ResearchOriginal Title:Philosophical Assumptions Underlying Qualitative as Opposed to Quantitative Research Quantitative researchOverview of quantitative research Assumptions underlying quantitative methods
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What are some assumptions in quantitative research?Some general assumptions are characteristic of quantitative research:. reality is objective, “out there,” and independent of the researcher;. reality is something that can be studied objectively;. researchers should remain distant and independent of what is being researched;. What is the philosophical assumption of qualitative researchers?Philosophy of qualitative research is “interpretive, humanistic, and naturalistic” (Creswell, 2007). It places significant importance to the subjectivity. The ontological assumption is that there is no single reality but encompasses multiple realities for any phenomenon (Speziale & Carpenter, 2003).
Which of the following is a philosophical assumption?Four Philosophical Assumptions
They are beliefs about ontology (the nature of reality), epistemology (what counts as knowledge and how knowledge claims are justified), axiology (the role of values in research), and methodology (the process of research).
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