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    This document discusses selecting a research topic and outlines several key variables to consider, including developing a research question from a practical problem and moving it to a research problem. It also examines different research philosophies like positivism, which follows five principles and has received criticism, and interpretivism in social sciences, which seeks to explain or understand reality through certain features. Finally, it mentions ontological considerations and objectivism as important factors in selecting a research topic.

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    This document discusses selecting a research topic and outlines several key variables to consider, including developing a research question from a practical problem and moving it to a research problem. It also examines different research philosophies like positivism, which follows five principles and has received criticism, and interpretivism in social sciences, which seeks to explain or understand reality through certain features. Finally, it mentions ontological considerations and objectivism as important factors in selecting a research topic.

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    Selecting a Research Topic

    Selecting a Research Topic


    o Variables to be considered while selecting a Research Topic

    Developing / Defining a Research Question


    o Moving from Practical Problem to Research Problem

    Research creates Knowledge

    Epistemology

    Positivism
    o Five Principles followed by Positivists
    o Criticism on Positivists

    Interpretivism in Social Sciences


    o Interpretivism - explanation or understanding of reality
    o Three features of Interpretivism

    Ontological considerations and Objectivism


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