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FRHD3070 Research Methods Quiz 1 (Weeks
1-2) Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: What is ontology?
Ans✅ ✅: a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of reality
Question: what do objectivist believe
Ans✅ ✅: believe that there is one objective reality
Question: what do constructionists believe
Ans✅ ✅: believe that there is not one objective reality, only interpretations
Question: What is epistemology?
Ans✅ ✅: branch of philosophy concerned with how knowledge is acquired
Question: what are the three positions in epistemology
Ans✅ ✅: positivism, interpretivism, critical approaches
Question: what is the positivism approach, where does it come from?
Ans✅ ✅: - comes from the natural sciences
- knowledge is gained from observation by the senses
- hypotheses are generated and tested
- facts are gathered to develop scientific laws
- science is unbiased, doesnt matter who is doing the research, every one would get
the same answeres
- related to the objectivist ontology
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Question: what ontology is the positivist epistemology related to?
Ans✅ ✅: objectivist
Question: what is the interpretivism approach, where does it come
from?
Ans✅ ✅: - knowledge is gained by understanding the meaning of peoples actions
- gathering peoples lived experiences
- understand how people interpret their own actions, actions of others
understand how peoples interpretations affect their behaviour
related to the constructionist ontology
Question: what ontology is the interpretivism epistemology related to?
Ans✅ ✅: related to the constructionist ontology
Question: what is the critical approach epistemology?
Ans✅ ✅: - argues that social research should be done with the goal of opposing
oppression
- a variety of methods are used (positivist or interpretivist)
- often action oriented, often using a lens of some sort (feminism, anti racism, queer
related etc)
Question: what epistemology approach to FRAN reserachers use? what
about Dr Forbes?
Ans✅ ✅: the FRAN department uses all approaches
Dr. Forbes uses also any approach that helps answer her research questions (she sets
the question first then sees what approach will work best)
FRHD3070 Research Methods Quiz 1 (Weeks
1-2) Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: What is ontology?
Ans✅ ✅: a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of reality
Question: what do objectivist believe
Ans✅ ✅: believe that there is one objective reality
Question: what do constructionists believe
Ans✅ ✅: believe that there is not one objective reality, only interpretations
Question: What is epistemology?
Ans✅ ✅: branch of philosophy concerned with how knowledge is acquired
Question: what are the three positions in epistemology
Ans✅ ✅: positivism, interpretivism, critical approaches
Question: what is the positivism approach, where does it come from?
Ans✅ ✅: - comes from the natural sciences
- knowledge is gained from observation by the senses
- hypotheses are generated and tested
- facts are gathered to develop scientific laws
- science is unbiased, doesnt matter who is doing the research, every one would get
the same answeres
- related to the objectivist ontology
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Question: what ontology is the positivist epistemology related to?
Ans✅ ✅: objectivist
Question: what is the interpretivism approach, where does it come
from?
Ans✅ ✅: - knowledge is gained by understanding the meaning of peoples actions
- gathering peoples lived experiences
- understand how people interpret their own actions, actions of others
understand how peoples interpretations affect their behaviour
related to the constructionist ontology
Question: what ontology is the interpretivism epistemology related to?
Ans✅ ✅: related to the constructionist ontology
Question: what is the critical approach epistemology?
Ans✅ ✅: - argues that social research should be done with the goal of opposing
oppression
- a variety of methods are used (positivist or interpretivist)
- often action oriented, often using a lens of some sort (feminism, anti racism, queer
related etc)
Question: what epistemology approach to FRAN reserachers use? what
about Dr Forbes?
Ans✅ ✅: the FRAN department uses all approaches
Dr. Forbes uses also any approach that helps answer her research questions (she sets
the question first then sees what approach will work best)
