PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Regional Policy Of The European Union, Research Question, Intersubjectivity
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Compare different types of research (qualitative and quantitative), and evaluate their appropriateness for answering different types of research questions. Attitude: objective personal preferences play no roll, open, accountable for findings, scientific attitude. Knowledge: of methods (consistent, about the subject (have to polish it up each time) Skills: how to research, apply methods, learning by doing. Research approaches: type of problem to be solved. Not primarily concerned with practical applications (theoretical question) Solving problems that have a practical application (practical question) Both can address theoretical questions difference is not very clear. Research carried out in the field, the reality. Meaning that a person attaches to a situation or experience. Research subjects are studied in their environment as a whole (holism) Experience is seen as a part of the persons perception of their lives, not as a separate, independent entity. Not recorded in numbers but in everyday language. Values the significance that the research subject assigns to the situation.
