15AN AGILE APPROACH TO THE REAL EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Hany Wells and Hedley Smyth
Introduction
How research work is conducted and written follows different approaches. Research methodology and methods are usually written to convey a logical structure and sequence. The reality is frequently ‘messy’ in practice. A loose structure and content are initially formed, and detail added subsequently, typically after the fieldwork has been conducted. This is most often the case for qualitative research. The reality, therefore, is frequently iterative and more akin to an ‘agile’ non-linear approach. Quantitative researchers, on the other hand, tend to move straight to methods and fail to address ...
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