Foundations of Inquiry: Linking Paradigms and Methodologies in Social Research

When researchers adopt a methodology, they bring to their research the theoretical assumptions infused within that methodology, and the paradigm that shapes that methodology describes their view of social life. This book is about paradigms and how they connect to methodologies. Authors Guoping Zhao and Lucy E. Bailey explore a rich body of paradigms and how they support different methodologies and connect to designing and carrying out research. Foundations of Inquiry: Linking Paradigms and ...