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Research Tradition 3: Critical Realism - Coggle Diagram
Research Tradition 3: Critical Realism
Epistemological position
Knowledge
Should have practical value
Believe complete knowledge not possible
Of outside world
Sees knowledge as not permanent
Axiological position
Value equality/human freedom
Accept value-free research is impossible
Accept own bias
Ontological position
Reality role uncover deep structures
Reality up for human interpretation
Reality
Reality multiple layers
Frustration with Positivism and Interpretism
Methodological position
Critical analysis for knowledge existing
Use mixed-methods research
Combined quantitative and qualitative methods
Metatheoretical position
Provide resource to make change
Conditions hold people back
Cultural
Material
Historical
Combined both traditions
Support knowledge is social construct