TOC for academic research : moving from common sense to common practice
Date
2016-09Citation:
Mabin, V.J., Davies, J., Kimani, S., & Mirzaei, M. (2016, September). TOC for Academic Research - Moving from common sense to common practice. Paper presented at the 14th TOCICO International Conference, Leesburg, Virginia.Permanent link to Research Bank record:
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4132Abstract
AIM
• Demonstrate how ‘threads of validity’ may be woven into academic research by using both TOC-based and qualitative research methods
GAP
• Many studies have sought to enhance validity in qualitative research
• Yet, researchers still face many difficulties ensuring validity in their research :
– Constructing initial workable research questions
– Research design
• collecting the right data
– Data analysis
• making sense of the data
– Communicating the findings clearly
• Researchers have not addressed how threads of validation may be woven into the various stages of the research process
QUESTION:
• Can TOC enhance validity in qualitative research and vice versa?
Demonstration projects
– 4 Masters projects
– 3 PhD projects
• Methodology
– Qualitative research
– TOC methodology