SAGE Publications Inc Foundations of Inquiry: Linking Paradigms and Methodologies in Social Research

When researchers adopt a methodology, they bring to the research project the philosophical and theoretical assumptions infused within that methodology. The paradigm shaping that methodology describes the researcher’s view of the human world and social life. Foundations of Inquiry is about paradigms and how they connect to methodologies. Guoping Zhao and Lucy E. Bailey delve into the historical development and theoretical assumptions of a rich body of paradigms and the logical implications they have provided to help form, support, and justify different methodologies for social research. The book contains a number of pedagogical features including examples of published research, discussion of the issues related to each paradigm and the connections between them, and review questions and prompts to help deepen understanding. Autorid: Guoping Zhao, Lucy E. Bailey