A Research On Computer System - 1035 Words

Mason (2002) points finding a focus and knowing where you stand will be the deciding factor of what a research will unfold. Research is a process to discover new knowledge for either personal or professional to solve a problem. Unconsciously, most people are researchers most of the time with no define or formal process. I believe people do not necessarily think of themselves as researchers but research is about collecting information that tells us about something and helps to make informed decisions. As one go about their daily routine, research done whether it is reading a newspaper, listening to a radio or having general conversation to seek information awareness. Seek information to solve either a problem or awareness such as to†¦show more content†¦The process then becomes a clear structure that evolves into a methodology and then develops into a paradigm (Glesne, 2011). The paradigm is the framework in which a process perceived, understood, and interprets the worl d that lies at the intersection of ontology, methodology and epistemology (Glesne, 2011). Research methods that will be comparing and contrasting are qualitative, quantitative, and mixed. Qualitative Method According to Mason (2002), qualitative method is concerned with understanding human behavior or thought process from the participant’s perspective whether it is positive or negative. This type of method goes beyond the numbers. The qualitative data is descriptive data and challenging to analyze then quantitative data. Analysis of qualitative data requires an accurate description of the participant’s response, for example, sorting the participant’s response to open questions and interview into broad subject (Mason, 2002). The paradigm, interpretivism, establishes the meaning of an experience from the view of the participant. The methodological process includes data collection through participant’s observation and interviews (Mason, 2002).The most common types are face-to-face interviews and focus groups. Several qualitative designs include case studies, ethnographic studies, grounded theory, and phenomenological studies (Mason, 2002). Case study exp lores a single entity or phenomenon bounded by