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Download the book (PDF): Unit 1: Foundations — Why Philosophy Matters in Research Learning Outcomes • Explain the relationship between philosophical assumptions and the practical conduct of research, using precise terminology. • Distinguish between ontology, epistemology, axiology, methodology and method, and locate each within a coherent hierarchy of research decisions. • Identify the implicit philosophical commitments contained within a published empirical study

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Download the book (PDF): It happens at a predictable point in graduate training. The data are in. There are transcripts running to hundreds of pages, or field notes from a year of observation, or a dataset with thousands of rows and dozens of variables. The work of gathering has been done, and done well. Then the advisor leans back and says the sentence that stalls more dissertations than any other: "Now apply a theoretical framework." The instruction sounds reasonable. It is

Download the book (PDF): For most of the history of the university, the anxiety that surrounded a thesis was straightforward. Students worried about whether their argument was strong enough, whether they had read enough, whether the deadline was reachable, and whether the examiner would be persuaded. These are the ordinary anxieties of intellectual work, and they have not disappeared. But a second anxiety now sits on top of them, and for many students it has grown larger than

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