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For this reason, it is essential that we emphasize at an early stage that the content of task- or problemoriented beliefs (in other words the determinants of research decisions) is the result of the interaction between the researcher (with his or her conceptual frame work) and the research domain (more correctly, the researcher’s perception: and definition of the research domain). This process is not chronological, but ought rather to be viewed as a dialectical one. The researcher’s perception; of the domain phenomenon are both antecedent to, and the result of, hi or her conceptual frame of reference.
This leads us to the second difference between contract and self-initiated research. za Because the choice of a research topic is, by definition, not in the hands of the researchers in the case of contract research, they have a greater responsibility to ensure that the formulation of the problem is as objective and critical as possible. It is entirely unacceptable that contract research should be regarded as implying that the organization requesting the research determines the direction thereof, and the manner in which data are collected and analyzed at the stage of entering into the contract.
G. • Behaviourist versus cognitive approaches • Realist versus instrumentalist or nominalist approaches • Individualist versus holist approaches A similar, but much more concrete and specific discussion is found at the level of projects where the ontological dimension refers to a proper classification of the unit of analysis. Are we, for example, studying – • • • • Individuals Groups or collectivities Interactions, or Objects? A more detailed discussion of these issues is provided in Chapter 2.