Besides, they are different in some other dimensions as shown in the Table below: (Creswell, 1994)
Assumptions
|
Questions
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Quantitative
|
Qualitative
|
Ontological Assumption
|
What is the nature of reality?
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Reality is objective and singular apart from the researcher.
|
Reality is subjective and multiple as seen by participants
in a study.
|
Epistemological Assumption
|
What is the relationship of the researcher to that
researched?
|
Researcher is independent from that being researched.
|
Researcher interacts with that being researched.
|
Axiological Assumption
|
What is the role of values?
|
Value-free and unbiased
|
Value-laden and biased
|
Rhetorical Assumption
|
What is the language of research?
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Formal,
Based on set definitions,
Impersonal voice, and
Use of accepted quantitative words
|
Informal,
Evolving decisions,
Personal voice, and
Accepted qualitative words
|
Methodological Assumption
|
What is the process of research?
|
Deductive process,
Cause and effect,
Static design -categories isolated before study,
Generalizations leading to prediction, explanation, and
understanding, and
Accurate and reliable through validity and reliability
|
Inductive process,
Mutual simultaneous shaping of factors,
Emerging design -categories identified during research
process,
Context-bound,
Patterns, theories developed for understanding, and
Accurate and reliable through verification
|
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