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Journal articles on the topic "Post-positivist research methodology"
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Baskerville, Richard L., and A. Trevor Wood-Harper. "A Critical Perspective on Action Research as a Method for Information Systems Research." Journal of Information Technology 11, no. 3 (September 1996): 235–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026839629601100305.
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This paper reviews the origins, techniques and roles associated with action research into information systems (IS). Many consider the approach to be the paragon of post-positivist research methods, yet it has a cloudy history among the social sciences. The paper summarizes the rigorous approach to action research and suggests certain domains of ideal use (such as systems development methodology). For those faced with conducting, reviewing or examining action research, the paper discusses various problems, opportunities and strategies.
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Andriani, Dewi. "How can I Write Other? The Pains and Possibilities of Autoethnographic’s Research Writing Experienced by a non-Western Female Student." Journal of International Students 12, S2 (August 21, 2022): 141–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jis.v12is2.4227.
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In this paper, I am going to explore an other kind of research writing by sharing my research journey as a PhD female student from a non-Western background experiencing research differently. Starting my study within a standard conventional methodology, I shifted my research to a non-traditional mode of doctoral research writing called autoethnography. I employ writing as a method of inquiry (Richardson & St Pierre, 2005) where I can center my voice, write creatively and move beyond normative, positivist and post-positivist paradigms. Following this autoethnographic path, I experienced struggles and opportunities to endeavor to push my writing beyond the limit in the field of play in a language which is not my first language.
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Khanal, Ram Chandra. "Concerns and Challenges of Data Integration from Objective Post-Positivist Approach and a Subjective Non-Positivist Interpretive Approach and Their Validity/Credibility Issues." Journal of the Institute of Engineering 9, no. 1 (June 30, 2014): 115–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jie.v9i1.10677.
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Integration of data derived from objective post positivist approach and interpretive non-positivist approach through mixed methods research has gained increasing attention in the recent past. But, at the same, concerns have been raised in the process of integrating data and, hence, enhancing validity/credibility of a research. This article seeks to analyze some concerns and challenges related to these aspects and provides some process to address these challenges. This article reviewed various peer reviewed journals and other grey literatures focusing on data integration within mixed method research. The paper presents some theoretical and methodological concerns and challenges of data integration and reviews two validity/credibility frameworks. Based on these review, the paper outlines a strategy of data integration. The strategy includes selection of appropriate research methodology and data conversion processes based on the research need. The paper provides a four step process for data conversion by adopting quantitizing approach which include; creating focus questions, response coding, thematic categorizing and employing qualitative data analysis process. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jie.v9i1.10677Journal of the Institute of Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 115–129
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Zimmerman, Aaron Samuel, and Jeong-Hee Kim. "Excavating and (Re)presenting Stories." International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology 8, no. 2 (April 2017): 16–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijavet.2017040102.
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Narrative inquiry has been a popular methodology in different disciplines for the last few decades. Using stories, narrative inquiry illuminates lived experience, serving as a valuable complement to research methodologies that are rooted in positivist epistemologies. In this article, we present a brief introduction to narrative inquiry including narrative data collection, analysis and interpretation. Situating narrative inquiry under the umbrella of post-qualitative research, we argue that, because of its ability to communicate evocative stories and to inspire empathy, narrative inquiry is an indispensable methodology in the study of human being and becoming, making this methodology an important contribution to the field of adult vocational education and technology.
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Rupšienė, Liudmila. "Bronislovas Bitinas: the Most Illustrious Representative of Post-positivism in Lithuanian Educational Sciences in the Last Half of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Centuries." Pedagogika 124, no. 4 (December 2, 2016): 28–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2016.49.
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Bronislovas Bitinas is well known in education sciences for his extensive work on methodology. However, none of his publications explicitly state which philosophy guides his approach to research. Scholars have argued that research methodology is dependent on the underlying philosophical assumptions; therefore, to understand the originality and contributions of specific methodology, philosophical principles guiding methodological decisions need to be examined. Given the importance of philosophy as a foundation for methodology, in this article I explore philosophical assumptions underlying B. Bitinas’ conceptualizations of educational research, as represented in his publications on methodology and in his overall scientific contributions. After a brief overview of Bitinas’ work, I outline the principles of post-positivism as a contemporary, improved, and “less arrogant” form of positivism. Examining how post-positivist principles are manifested in Bitinas’ ideas on methodology leads me to conclude that B. Bitinas is an educational researcher, whose systematic conceptualizations of methodology are congruent with the postpositivistic philosophical stance. Moreover, given the influence of his voluminous publications, Bitinas can be considered as the most illustrious educational researcher, who, in the latter half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, has systematically expanded research methodology for education sciences.
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Burns, Victoria F., Mary Ellen Macdonald, and Franco A. Carnevale. "Epistemological Oppression and the Road to Awakening." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 17, no. 1 (March 15, 2018): 160940691876341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1609406918763413.
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Increasingly, it is becoming evident that qualitative research methodologies have much to contribute to producing health knowledge. Notwithstanding such advances, some would say the “paradigm war” continues, privileging postpositivist epistemologies. Our own experiences working within a post-positivist-dominated health research arena inspired the implementation of an “Epistemological Boot Camp” qualitative research training series. The central goal of the boot camp was to query the hypothesis that we are still in a paradigmatic “war zone” while imagining productive ways to both survive and thrive in the current climate. Moving forward, our hope is that our boot camp methodology can inspire other scholars to develop creative local initiatives that provide a platform to work toward recognizing the unique contributions of qualitative health research.
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Ali, Mustafa, and Abdulaziz Alshammari. "Effects of Project-Based Learning on Postgraduate Students' Research Proposal Writing Skills." European Journal of Educational Research 12, no. 1 (January 15, 2023): 189–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.12.1.189.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Research is considered a vital component for propelling progress and development. This study aims to investigate the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) in the teaching of research methodology and statistics courses on improving research writing skills and enhancing course achievement. It also projects an action plan model for the effective implementation of PBL in the instructional aspect. The study utilised a positivist research paradigm based on action research design using the technique of content analysis. Employing a universal rubric, 45 proposals of graduate programme students enrolled in the College of Education at Minia University in North Upper Egypt were subjected to content analysis to rate students’ skills in writing research proposals before and after the delivery of the course. The students volunteered to participate in the study after they were given a synopsis of the aims and procedures. Students’ achievement was assessed through a test consisting of 90 items, developed primarily for this purpose at the end of the second semester in the academic year 2018–2019. The post-content analysis revealed a significant improvement in scientific research skills, with a considerable difference between the pre- and post-achievement scores. It is imperative to consider the feasibility of using the PBL approach in teaching research methodology and statistics courses for graduate students. The study recommended the adoption of PBL in undergraduate programmes as well as in high school education.</p>
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Kotb, Amr, Hany Elbardan, and Hussein Halabi. "Mapping of internal audit research: a post-Enron structured literature review." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 33, no. 8 (August 4, 2020): 1969–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-07-2018-3581.
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PurposeThis paper reviews the field of internal auditing (IA) post-Enron to develop insights into how IA research has developed, offer a critique of the research to date and identify ways that future research can help to advance IA.Design/methodology/approachA structured literature review (SLR) was used to analyse 471 papers from 64 journals published between 2005 and 2018 based on a number of criteria, namely author, journal type, journal location, year, theme, theory, nature of research, research setting, regional focus, method and citations.FindingsThe IA literature has not significantly contributed to knowledge of the internal audit function (IAF), and one still knows relatively little about the factors that contribute to making the impact of IA practice effective and measurable. The IA literature is US-dominated (authors and journals), focussed on the American context (publicly listed companies), reliant on positivist analyses and largely makes no explicit reference to theory. Central regions (emerging economies) and key organisational settings (private SMEs and not-for-profit organisations) are largely absent in prior IA research. This paper evaluates and identifies avenues through which future research can help to advance IA in order to address emerging challenges in the field.Originality/valueThis is the first comprehensive review to analyse IA research in the post-Enron period (2005–2018). The findings are relevant to researchers who are looking for appropriate research outlets and emerging scholars who wish to identify their own research directions.
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Danda, Michelle. "What is Mental Health Nursing Anyway? Advantages and Issues of Utilizing Duoethnography to Understand Mental Health Nursing." Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse 2, no. 2 (December 30, 2020): 20–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.71.
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In recent decades scholars have begun to question the value of mental health nursing. The term has lost both conceptual and explanatory power in the modern globalized world in which multidisciplinary teams now carry out many functions once unique to the specialization, yet its distinction persists. The purpose of this paper is to explore an emerging research methodology, duoethnography, as an avenue to revive mental health nursing, by subverting the dominant post-positivist, scientifically driven, medically framed, evidence-based practice perspective, to gain greater understanding of the nuances of mental health nursing practice. Duoethnography offers promise in challenging nursing research norms embedded in an empirically based medical model, however the newness of the method poses potential methodological issues. Duoethnography is a methodology well-suited to explore the question of whether mental health nursing is an outmoded tradition too deeply entrenched in the institutional past, or an emerging profession leading mental health care.
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Mann, Jessica, and Colton Brydges. "Investigating What and Why." Potentia: Journal of International Affairs 8 (October 1, 2017): 32–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18192/potentia.v8i0.4432.
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This article critically examines the literature on terrorism, identifying a distinction between the research methods that were common before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. We argue that pre-9/11 methods were more concerned with understanding individual and group motivations for participating in terrorism. This approach is still visible in the fields of political psychology and gender and sexuality studies on terrorism. In contrast, post-9/11 research methods are more concerned with identifying country-level variables associated with terrorism using regression analysis and econometrics. Post-9/11 research on terrorism has often been focused on two debates: the role of democracy in fostering or preventing terrorism, and the relationship between development and terrorism. This shift in methodology reflects a more positivist ontology, and is also undoubtedly intended to meet the needs of policy-makers pursuing the War on Terror. We argue that a well-informed approach to addressing the threat of terrorism must draw from both perspectives; otherwise, there is a strong risk of ignoring crucial variables at different levels of analysis.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Post-positivist research methodology"
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Adams, Patricia Lesley, and n/a. "The Implications for Artistic Expressions and Representations of Corporeality of the Experimental Techniques of Biomedical Engineering." Griffith University. Queensland College of Art, 2005. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060707.144314.
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While biological scientists justify their research into human genetic engineering on the grounds of its 'therapeutic' potential, art - particularly the genre of science fiction (whose origins can be traced to Mary Shelly's famous tale, Frankenstein) - has acted on the social through culture to alert us to the perilous repercussions of usurping the role of the 'Creator of Life.' Now, at the dawn of the new millennium, the scientific project of mapping human DNA seemingly complete, the plight of the genetically-engineered human has become an intense focus of cultural critique. This doctoral project can be differentiated by its focus on aesthetic inquiry into the implications for expressions and representations of corporeality in relation to contemporary biomedical engineering. It has incorporated stem cell research that entails the manipulation and redirection of adult stem cell fates. The project takes the form of practical and theoretical investigations into cellular responses, and is framed within the matrices of both an innovative collaborative art/science research model and the evolving process of practice-led arts research. The exploratory research is discursively located within the system/environment paradigm. This allows for boundaries between the philosophic and scientific disciplines of: 1. epistemology, 2. ethics and aesthetics and 3. biology and technology to become nodes in a relational network associated with: 1. living and non-living, 2. sentience and consciousness and 3. conceptions of humanness. The cycle of practice-led research culminates in a body of work that began with a project entitled apoptosis, and developed into a three part quasi-scientific vital force series of installations. Each of these installations references nineteenth century scientific experimental processes employed in a search for the essential components of the human being itself. The series of interactive installations is discussed and the processual, pioneering research model, whereby the artist becomes the 'human guinea pig' is theoretically and visually articulated. In addition, time-lapse videomicrograph image data, collected through laboratory experiments is interpreted and recontextualised by the artist-researcher for representation in the vital force series of immersive installations. In these installations the implications of the issues raised by biomedical engineering processes are expressed as a very physical, tactile encounter. The aim is that these encounters engender a multi-sensory experience for the individual viewer, who, when immersed in the aesthetic, corporeal, interactive installations as a participant who completes the work through their engagement. Thus, the significance of the study lies in its re-privileging of the aesthetic experience of corporeality in the discourses surrounding genetic manipulation. This exegesis, like the doctoral project itself, is cyclical; following the inseparable processes of theory and practice through which the implications of the core research issues for a hybrid art/science practice are explored. It echoes the qualitative, post-positivist research methodology used throughout the project, which aimed to overcome the third person perspective through such strategies as interactivity and hybridity.
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Adams, Patricia Lesley. "The Implications for Artistic Expressions and Representations of Corporeality of the Experimental Techniques of Biomedical Engineering." Thesis, Griffith University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367521.
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While biological scientists justify their research into human genetic engineering on the grounds of its 'therapeutic' potential, art - particularly the genre of science fiction (whose origins can be traced to Mary Shelly's famous tale, Frankenstein) - has acted on the social through culture to alert us to the perilous repercussions of usurping the role of the 'Creator of Life.' Now, at the dawn of the new millennium, the scientific project of mapping human DNA seemingly complete, the plight of the genetically-engineered human has become an intense focus of cultural critique. This doctoral project can be differentiated by its focus on aesthetic inquiry into the implications for expressions and representations of corporeality in relation to contemporary biomedical engineering. It has incorporated stem cell research that entails the manipulation and redirection of adult stem cell fates. The project takes the form of practical and theoretical investigations into cellular responses, and is framed within the matrices of both an innovative collaborative art/science research model and the evolving process of practice-led arts research. The exploratory research is discursively located within the system/environment paradigm. This allows for boundaries between the philosophic and scientific disciplines of: 1. epistemology, 2. ethics and aesthetics and 3. biology and technology to become nodes in a relational network associated with: 1. living and non-living, 2. sentience and consciousness and 3. conceptions of humanness. The cycle of practice-led research culminates in a body of work that began with a project entitled apoptosis, and developed into a three part quasi-scientific vital force series of installations. Each of these installations references nineteenth century scientific experimental processes employed in a search for the essential components of the human being itself. The series of interactive installations is discussed and the processual, pioneering research model, whereby the artist becomes the 'human guinea pig' is theoretically and visually articulated. In addition, time-lapse videomicrograph image data, collected through laboratory experiments is interpreted and recontextualised by the artist-researcher for representation in the vital force series of immersive installations. In these installations the implications of the issues raised by biomedical engineering processes are expressed as a very physical, tactile encounter. The aim is that these encounters engender a multi-sensory experience for the individual viewer, who, when immersed in the aesthetic, corporeal, interactive installations as a participant who completes the work through their engagement. Thus, the significance of the study lies in its re-privileging of the aesthetic experience of corporeality in the discourses surrounding genetic manipulation. This exegesis, like the doctoral project itself, is cyclical; following the inseparable processes of theory and practice through which the implications of the core research issues for a hybrid art/science practice are explored. It echoes the qualitative, post-positivist research methodology used throughout the project, which aimed to overcome the third person perspective through such strategies as interactivity and hybridity.Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Doctor of Visual Arts (DVA)
Queensland College of Art
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Books on the topic "Post-positivist research methodology"
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The Methodological Dilemma: Critical, Creative, and Post-Positivist Approaches to Qualitative Research. Routledge, 2008.
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The Methodological Dilemma: Critical, Creative, and Post-Positivist Approaches to Qualitative Research. Routledge, 2008.
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Zimmerman, Aaron Samuel, and Jeong-Hee Kim. "Excavating and (Re)presenting Stories." In Research Anthology on Adult Education and the Development of Lifelong Learners, 1402–16. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8598-6.ch070.
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Narrative inquiry has been a popular methodology in different disciplines for the last few decades. Using stories, narrative inquiry illuminates lived experience, serving as a valuable complement to research methodologies that are rooted in positivist epistemologies. In this article, we present a brief introduction to narrative inquiry including narrative data collection, analysis and interpretation. Situating narrative inquiry under the umbrella of post-qualitative research, we argue that, because of its ability to communicate evocative stories and to inspire empathy, narrative inquiry is an indispensable methodology in the study of human being and becoming, making this methodology an important contribution to the field of adult vocational education and technology.
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Peace, Sheila. "Methodological development." In The Environments of Ageing, 235–62. Policy Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447310556.003.0009.
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This Chapter focuses on innovative research methodology looking at: participatory (action) research (PAR); interdisciplinary and interprofessional study, and forms of measurement with implications for policy and practice. First, PAR involves researchers and participants working together to develop and tackle research questions through post-positivist methods. Attention is paid to four projects involving older people as co-researchers where their knowledge of specific places enable engagement. Generic benefits and challenges include: skills development, ethical understanding, reliability and validity, ways of making a difference. Second, in applied research funding has supported interdisciplinarity. The impact of mixed disciplines and practices across social gerontology raises ideological difference, valued mixed methods, and the development of new, reliable skills. Lastly, forms of measurement relate to participation and practice. Examples show: a ‘bottom’s up’ approach where older respondents generate research procedures, and how experienced research practitioners (gerontology/occupational therapy) develop reliable validated assessment instruments over time.