Our life would be much easier and our policies would be much more amenable to directed action if we could infer a causal relationship between the variables of interests. But the inference of causality is much trickier than simply having…
There are many types of variables in scientific research. Before we list out all and define them, let’s define the term variable itself. Paul Spector (1981) provides a succinct definition stating, “a variable is a qualitative or quantitative entity that…
“Science consists of some specific aims to arrive at a knowledge of some specific kind, methods for arriving at those aims together with the standards for judging the extent to which they have been met, and specific facts and theories…
It is important to understand these two branches of philosophy to understand the different ways we conceptualize our world and how that impacts us and the way research is conducted. These precise conceptualizations, in many ways, separate the natural sciences…
Research, generally, has a specific goal. Scientists choose from different types of research available to fulfill their goals. A good starting point for understanding the various ways one could go about doing research is to get an understanding of research…
Organization Theory is a vast topic with many types of theories. Before tackling different organization theories and even before dealing with ‘organization theory’, it’s useful to understand the terms “organization” and “theory” separately. Organization and organizing When organization is used…
