Research is a quest to find answers. Any study or research begins with a research question. A research question is a question that a study or research project aims to answer. This…
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Differences between research topic and research area
A research topic would be a specific question, hypothesis or problem you wish to investigate and answer which is under the scope of your research area. A research area is what a…
Differences between a Good and a Bad literature review
There are several mistakes that may happen while writing an effective literature review. Here is a quick summary of the differences between a good and a bad literature review: •A Good Literature…
Data Collection Methods
Data collection is a process of collecting information from all the relevant sources to find answers to the research problem, test the hypothesis (if you are following deductive approach) and evaluate the outcomes….
Epistemology
Epistemology means ‘study of knowledge.’ It is concerned with the mind’s relation to reality. What is it for this relation to be one of knowledge? Do we know things? And if we…
Ontology
Ontology in business research deals with the nature of reality. One of the longest standing ontological questions in philosophy concerns the existence, or otherwise, of God or at least some sense of…
Axiology
Axiology primarily refers to the ‘aims’ of the research. Axiology is the study of value or, more adequately, theory on the nature of value. In simple terms, axiology focuses on what do…
Positivism, Post-Positivism and Pragmatism
Philosophy, from the Greek ‘love of wisdom’ is difficult to define since it does not possess a specific object of inquiry. In a broad sense, philosophy is concerned with fundamental problems that…
How to prepare your literature review
A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. One common way to approach a literature review is to start out broad…
Types of Literature Review
This article reviews the key types of literature review. In general, there are many types of literature review. The choice of a specific type depends on your research approach and design. The…