{"id":796,"date":"2014-05-20T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/?p=796"},"modified":"2014-05-20T08:36:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:36:43","slug":"grix-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"Grix 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grix J. (2002),\u00a0<em>Introducing Students to the Generic Terminology of Social Research<\/em>,\u00a0Politics\u00a022-3 P. 175-186,\u00a0Blackwell Publishers Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>This article gave a very good overview and definition of Ontology &#8211; Epistemology &#8211; Methodology &#8211; Methods and Sources for research. It also presents a graph from Hay, 2002 p 64., that sums it up very well, which is reproduced below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/building-blocks-of-research-Hayes-2002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-797 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/building-blocks-of-research-Hayes-2002-1024x974.png\" alt=\"building blocks of research - Hayes 2002\" width=\"580\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/building-blocks-of-research-Hayes-2002-1024x974.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/building-blocks-of-research-Hayes-2002-300x285.png 300w, http:\/\/www.hughmclain.ie\/ePortfolioDIT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/building-blocks-of-research-Hayes-2002.png 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The article focuses on Ontology and Epistemology; it defines ontology in is simplest form is about what we know and epistemology is about how we come to know what we know or the knowledge-gathering process. It explains that some researchers wrong lump these two aspects together and gives reasons why they should be separate.<\/p>\n<p>It further defines methodology as the science and study of methods and assumptions about the ways in which knowledge is produced; whereas methods are techniques or procedures used to collate and analyse date, citing Blaikie, 2002, p.8.<\/p>\n<p>I understood the methodology and methods part of the article as I have come across these terms before. However ontology was new to me but I had heard epistemology used before but not understood it.<\/p>\n<p>This article has given me a clearer understanding of these terms and how they lead on to each other, the image above shows it clearly. I also now understand the importance of question-led approach as apposed to method-led.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>References<\/h1>\n<p>Blaikie, N. (2000), Designing Social Research, Cambridge: Polity<\/p>\n<p>Hay, C. (2002), Political Analysis. A Critical Introduction, Basingstoke: Palgrave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grix J. (2002),\u00a0Introducing Students to the Generic Terminology of Social Research,\u00a0Politics\u00a022-3 P. 175-186,\u00a0Blackwell Publishers Ltd. This article gave a very good overview and definition of Ontology &#8211; Epistemology &#8211; Methodology &#8211; Methods and Sources for research. 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