Constituents of Paradigm

When all the 'ology' is of the same nature, they lead to a certain research methodology. For example, positivism or interpretivism.

• First ontology.
• Second, ontology will decide the epistemology.
• Third, epistemology will...

Qualitative and quantitative methods can be complementary (also known as mixed-method). Sometimes we use them together, especially in public health.

We want to use tools that are well-suited to the research questions, and build on the strengths of each met...

Greek word meaning 'pattern'

Whenever we think of doing research, we get a few thoughts such as:

• 'How do we plan to do this research?'
• 'What will be my approach to the investigation?'
• 'Will I do Qualitative or Quanti...