UNIT 5 Methodology

The British consider methodology vital for the project: the way you study the problem is no less important than the results you get. A balanced methodological approach based upon appropriate well thought-out data-collection techniques ensures that the conclusions and recommendations finally made are more valid and credible. In this part you are expected to give a concise justification (not a description)for the quantitative, qualitative or some other approach within the existing paradigm you intend to employ. In other words, to explain why alternative methodologies were rejected and to provide references in support of your case. You should also account for the use of the data- or evidence-collection techniques and anticipation of problems and issues (like, e.g. ethics, access to data and its analysis, agreements from corroborating organizations etc.)

1. Find Russian equivalents for the following phrases.

I’’ seek to contrive relevant quantifications…
In order to account for the impact of N’s theories research on [x] is required
To examine the emergence of [x] and the dynamics behind this change
It urges scholars to seek unified empirical framework
There is an astonishingly broad contemporary consensus on [x]
The methodology will take a definite shape as the study is progressing
The issues are many and actually have achieved a kind of urgency in our times
Such a politics has given a rise to arguments about
The methodology to a certain extent is an evolving one
It should be noted that in terms of the descriptive survey the research design…
This practice foregrounds concern about [x]

2. Consider the following cliches – to be further used in writing your project proposal.

5.1

This part of the proposal	explains the methods used in carrying out the study
gives special emphasis to the analysis of data
The empirical research	will be set within… (a company where…)
The field study	will proceed through () stages

5.2

It should be noted (at the outset) that	the methodology to a certain extent is an evolving one and will take a definite shape as the study is progressing
it is a specialist approach within the broad field of…
in terms of (the descriptive survey) the research design…
the data will be analysed using several strategies
several instruments and procedures will be used in data colleting

5.3

In this section/ paper In a theoretical/ strict sense Ideally	we (will)/ should like to	examine (in some detail) the process of
raise the question (whether…)
provide a description
seek to contrive relevant quantifications…
focus attention on [x]
confine the discussion of the basesof [x] to…
aim to make a link with [z]
have under observation ()

5.4

(In order) to answer the questions posed/ to account for/ to explain/ to argue that…/ to neutralize the impact of N’s theories	we must	(look at…)
[x] (more () research on [x]) huge amount of (intellectual energy)	is required/necessary

5.5

It will serve our purposes/ help/ simplify our analysis	if	[x]	is set upon a (measurement) scale
is placed into one of the following categories
[xx]	(the properties) are classified as…
(the criteria for [x]) are quite rigorously and consistently applied
all the components of the system are subject to…
we	locate [x] in positions in the hierarchy comprising the system
rank the units of a given system in terms of ()
draw divisions between () in accordance with the standards of

5.6

There is/ are/ may be	a great variety of means at (our) disposal	which urges scholars to (work out/ seek) unified (empirical) framework
multiple systems for classification of [x]
an indefinite multiplicity of [x]
(different) kinds of questions arising from serious reflections on…
an astonishingly broad contemporary consensus on [x] / the need for a single framework for
The issues are many and actually have achieved	A kind of urgency in our times

5.7

After taking into account (…) / controlling/ correcting for [x]/ considering these possible explanations	it (the correlation between…)	needs
it	remains the case that…
what	remains to be done	(alongside the scope of [x])	is to…
has to be understood	is how..

5.8

The answer to this Question/ Such a politics/ This practice	takes us towards	the analysis of
brings us back to	arguments about
has given rise to ()	concern about
raises the question of	the dynamic behind such change
foregrounds	questions of
creates	new sets of problems
suggests	that (popular discussion of…)

5.9

The contemporary trends/changes/methods/ approaches/suppositions/hypotheses	could be perhaps best summed up in the idea of
amount to the following
The (only) common feature of the diverse methods employed/ theories studied	is that…

The content of methodological part of the project might vary with the methods chosen. Consider the following features commonly included:

· the general research perspective, research type and specific subtypes,

· the research context introducing a specification of time and place (access),

· the research participants and the criteria for their selection,

· the instruments and procedures used in data collection,

· the ways of analyzing the data, a brief summary.

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