U4-dq’s

 DQ 1

Established Epistemological Position

In your post, address the following:

• Can we ever conduct research without having first established an epistemological position? Why or why not?
• What is your epistemology?

Take the “What’s Your Epistemology?” quiz from this unit’s readings, if you have not done so already.

• What were the results?
• Do you agree with the result? Why or why not?

Below is the results of the quiz:

https://www.qzzr.com/c/quiz/49304/17d1b70c-c863-4d2c-a5ed-4968c92773cf

DQ 2

Approach to Beginning Research

In your post, address the following:

• Why do researchers who begin a project by  focusing first on what data gathering tool or what research method to  use almost always encounter significant issues?
• Why should the beginning point of any research project be to first identifying what it is you are actually trying to research?
• How does this link to your epistemological position?

Each post must between 150 to 200 words.