research

Research Paradigms	Ontology What is the nature of reality?	Epistemology How do we acquire knowledge?	Method What research methods are used to discover?	Methodology What strategies are used to discover?
Positivist
Post-Positivist
Interpretivist/ Constructivist
Critical
Pragmatic

In one to two paragraphs for each question, address the following:

· What are the similar parts and different parts for each of these paradigms?

· What would you indicate is your philosophical or theoretical paradigm and why?

· Why is understanding these paradigms critical to conducting research?