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| a logic of research based on reorganizing, standardizing, and codifying research knowledge and practi ces into explicit rules, formal procedures, and techniques; it is chracteristic of quantitative research |
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| a logic of research practice based on specific experience; characteristic of qualitative research |
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| researcher follows a fixed order of research each time |
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| a research process that is cyclical, back-and-forth; often used in qualitative research |
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| the entire category or class of units that is covered or explained by a relationship or hypothesis |
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| first order interpretation |
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| the motivations of subjects being studied, their interpretations |
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| second order interpretation |
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the interpretation of the researcher, of the study findings ( o )( o )
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| third-order interpretation |
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| the larger ramifications and theoretical context of research findings |
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