- Provide a brief overview of both articles under the sample topic you selected. What was the article about? What type of research design did the author(s) use? What were the findings?
- For the article that is guided by logical positivism, analyze the epistemological, ontological, axiological, and methodological assumptions underlying the study.
- For the article that is guided by interpretivism, analyze the epistemological, ontological, axiological, and methodological assumptions underlying the study.
- Evaluate the strengths and limitations in using logical positivism and interpretivism to study the topic or problem in the articles.
- Identify your potential dissertation or doctoral capstone topic or problem in 1 sentence.
- Evaluate the strengths and limitations in using logical positivism and interpretivism to study your selected topic or problem.
- Explain how the guiding paradigm of a research study influences your critical evaluation of the evidence presented in the article.
