Knowledge creation, according to Borland (2001), requires the systematic analysis of data collected. Best & Kahn (1998, pg. 18) write that "research" has been classically defined as "the systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles, or theories, resulting in prediction and possibly ultimate control of events." The post-positivist paradigm, as Mertens (2005) writes, provides that research is designed to develop confidence that a given claim to knowledge about a particular phenomenon is either true or false, based on collected evidence from objective observations. How researchers collect information, however, depends on the circumstances surrounding the phenomena under examination, the abilities and resources of the researcher(s), as well as pragmatic considerations given the human element.

Among the methods used to conduct systematic inquiry in the social sciences are the qualitative method and the qualitative method. Taylor and Bogdan (1998) note that...
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