2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Methodological approaches
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The methodology is the overarching approach to the research. Dawson (2012) describes methodology as ‘the philosophy or the general principle which will guide your research’. When deciding on your methodology, you are considering the bigger ‘how’ and ‘why’ issues from which should flow, logically, your other decisions about how to conduct your research.