Research Methodologies:

- Quantitative Research

- Qualitative Research

- mixed Research

Axioms:

Epistemology: KNOWLEDGE

What counts as knowledge and how people come to know it.

* What counts as knowledge (Is worthy of knowing?)

* It is concerned with the nature and the scope of knowledge

Ontology: REALITY

What counts as nature, reality, feeling, existence, being or becoming (To Be)

* Study of the nature of reality and of being and becoming

Logic: REASONING

what is acceptable as rigour and inference in the development of arguments, judgements or insights

* What logic is acceptable for forming thoughts, conclusions, opinions, judgements, Revelations or
insights

* What habits of mind are acceptable for reasoning, inference, and arguing one's position

* Involves the study of valid argument forms and truth claims

Axiology: VALUES

What counts as fundamental values and what is conciousness (moral choices, ethics and normative
judgements)

* Studies the role of the researchers' values in research