Summary: Research Methods For Health Sciences

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• 1 Week 1: research perspectives and conceptual frameworks

• 1.1 Lecture 1: research perspectives, objectives and questions

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• Name 2 reasons why having an epistemological perspective is important in research.

  1. It can help to clarity issues of research design. This is more than the design of research tools, it means overarching structure of the researfch including the kind of evidence that is being gathered, from where and how it is going to be interpreted.
  2. A knowledge of research philosophy will help the researcher to recognize which designs will work and which not.

• What is the difference between constructivism and subjectivism?

  With constructivism, meaning is constructed from the interplay between the object and subject,
  with subjectivism, meaning is constructed by imposing on the object from the subject.
  
  With subjectivism, subjects construct meaning from collective unconciousness, from cultural en religious beliefs, etc.

• What is the difference between 'being' ontology and 'becoming' ontology?

  'becoming' ontology was first, it emphasizes on the changing and emerging world.
  'being' ontology was its successor, it emphasizes on permanent and unchanging reality.
  'being' ontology is more prominent in the western world.

• To which two theoretical perspective is objectivism connected?

  Positivism: there is only one reality/truth. Reality can be measured. This can be formulated into laws.
  Post-positivism: We can only approximate the truth.

• Which theoretical perspective is linked to subjectivism?

  Postmodernism: characterized by broad skepticism, a general suspicion of reason.

• What is critical inquiry?

  Process of gathering and evaluating information, ideas, and assumptions from multiple perspectives to produce well-reasoned analysis of understanding, and leading to new ideas, applications and questions.
  Its a critical from of thinking which questions current held values and assumptions, and challenges conventional social structures.
  it doesnt only interpret the world, but also wants to change it.

• What is epistemic injustice?

  Injustice related to knowledge, for example exclusion, silencing, misrepresentation, undervaluing.

• What 2 things should a research topic contribute to?

  It should contribute to understanding and/or problem solving
  it should have practical and/or theoretical relevance

• 1.2 Lecture 2: conceptual frameworks

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• What is a benefit of deductive reasoning?

  You already work with a framework, so it will be easier to categorize your data into the framework.

• What is the difference between a concept/construct and a framework?

  Concepts are observable, distinguishable and variable. Framework describes the description of the concepts and the relation between the concepts.