The Potential of Working Hypotheses for Deductive Exploratory Research

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dc.contributor.authorCasula, Mattia
dc.contributor.authorRangarajan, Nandhini
dc.contributor.authorShields, Patricia M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-09T16:09:37Z
dc.date.available2020-12-09T16:09:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description.abstractWhile hypotheses frame explanatory studies and provide guidance for measurement and statistical tests, deductive, exploratory research does not have a framing device like the hypothesis. To this purpose, this article examines the landscape of deductive, exploratory research and offers the working hypothesis as a flexible, useful framework that can guide and bring coherence across the steps in the research process. The working hypothesis conceptual framework is introduced, placed in a philosophical context, defined, and applied to public administration and comparative public policy. Doing so, this article explains: the philosophical underpinning of exploratory, deductive research; how the working hypothesis informs the methodologies and evidence collection of deductive, explorative research; the nature of micro-conceptual frameworks for deductive exploratory research; and, how the working hypothesis informs data analysis when exploratory research is deductive.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science
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dc.format.extent23 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationCasula, M., Rangarajan, N., & Shields, P. M. (2020). The potential of working hypotheses for deductive exploratory research. Quality and Quantity.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-020-01072-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/13054
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s).
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.sourceQuality and Quantity, 2020.
dc.subjectexploratory research
dc.subjectworking hypothesis
dc.subjectdeductive qualitative research
dc.subjectpragmatism
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.titleThe Potential of Working Hypotheses for Deductive Exploratory Research
dc.typeArticle

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