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| Research design | Plans and procedures that go from assumptions to detailed data collection and analysis. |
| Qualitative research | Exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. |
| Quantitative research | Testing objective theories examining the relationship among variables. |
| Mixed methods research | Combining and associating qualitative and quantitative methodologies. |
| Philosophical worldviews | Ideas and principles that influence the practice of research. |
| Worldview | A basic set of beliefs that guide action |
| Postpositivist worldview | Traditional form of research commonly identified as the scientific method. |
| Positivist worldview | Traditional notion of the absolute truth of knowledge |
| Postpositivist view of knowledge | Reality is researched on on the basis of observation and measurement |
| Social constructivism | Individuals seek understanding of the world in which they live and work. |
| Advocacy and participatory worldview | Research responds to an action agenda to help marginalized peoples |
| Pragmatic worldview | Research is about applications and solutions to problems |
| Strategies of inquiry | The specific methodology that provides direction for procedures in a research design |
| Ethical principles | Normative theory that justifies or defends rules and/or judgments that serve as a basic justification for action when conducting research |
| Confidentiality | Principle that restricts access to and guarantees the protection of the participants’ information, unless they give consent permitting disclosure. |
| Informed consent | Permission granted by the participants (or their guardians) to be part in the research study with knowledge of the research design and possible risks and benefits. |
