Explain the different Methods used in Positivism and Interpretivism
Answer
Positivism
Experiments: Change variables (for example form design) to see how other, dependent, variables react (for example form answers)
Surveys: Surveys can be deskriptive (describe a certain phenomenon with data) or analytical (show the link between variables)
Cross-Sectional Studies: Ask the same question(s) in different cultural context's
Longitude Studies: Gather data over a long amount of time
Interpretivism
Grounded Theory
Case Study: Examine a single phenomenon with different methods (interviews, documents, ...) in its natural context
Ethnography Roadmap: Researcher is embedded in a community and studies its view(s) of the world
Comments
Triangulation can also be used for positivism. It‘s not a method but rather a strategy/process which uses multiple methods, data sources and different researcher to reduce bias in a study. Another method for interpretivism would be Hermeneutics.
Oops, I thought it was in the table on slide 47 of session 2. I corrected it in the answer.