Chapter 2 - Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies

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• Author Chapter Introduction Video
• David Gray Introduces Chapter 2
• Author Top Tip Videos
• David Gray on Planning a Research Project
• YouTube Videos
• Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
• Methodology: Who Needs It?
• Paradigms and Meta Criteria
• Feminist Research
• Research Methods Interview
• Action Research  
• Weblinks
• Experimental Research
• Cross-sectional Study
• Longitudinal Studies
• Further Reading
• Book Chapters
• Example of Deductive Reasoning
• Example of Inductive Research
• Quasi-Experimental Research
• Encyclopedia Entries
• Epistemology and Ontology
• Positivism
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Phenomenology
• Realism
• Hermeneutics
• Naturalistic Inquiry
• Heuristic Inquiry
• Triangulation


• Journal Articles

• Phenomenological Research Process: Finlay, L. (2013) ‘Unfolding the Phenomenological Research Process: Iterative Stages of ''Seeing Afresh''’, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 53: 172-201
• Justifying Knowledge: Carter, S.M and Little, M. (2007) ‘Justifying knowledge, justifying method, taking action: Epistemologies, methodologies, and methods in qualitative research’, Qualitative Health Research, 17(10): 1316–1328. An article that demonstrates some of the relationships between knowledge, epistemology, methodology and methods from a qualitative research perspective.
• Methods Matter: Schmierback, M. (2005) ‘Method matters: The influence of methodology on journalists’ assessments of social science research’, Science Communication, 26( 3): 269–287. Describes a study of journalists to determine whether the use of a quantitative or qualitative approach to research influences their judgement as to the quality of a study. It does!