In:
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, SAGE Publications, Vol. 73, No. 1 ( 1996-03), p. 114-134
Abstract:
This study assessed the extent to which researchers conform to the assumptions associated with the social scientific, interpretive, and critical traditions of inquiry. For each tradition, a set of ten variables was examined: ontology, epistemology, nature of the research question, theory, hypotheses, sampling, data collection, verification, data analysis, and generalization. Content analyses of 245 journal articles indicate that researchers conform highly to expectations associated with ontology, epistemology, data collection, and data analysis, but less so with the remaining variables. These data suggest that scholars are strongly guided by the expectations associated with these traditions. Occasional deviations suggest some convergence of attributes.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1077-6990
,
2161-430X
DOI:
10.1177/107769909607300111
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1996
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2070253-X
SSG:
3,5
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