Ways of Establishing Rigour in the Abductive Research Strategy (ARS)

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Title: Ways of Establishing Rigour in the Abductive Research Strategy (ARS)
Language: English
Authors: Beng Kok Ong
Source: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2024 27(6):707-719.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Social Science Research, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries, Standards, Researchers, Sales Occupations, Insurance Occupations
Geographic Terms: Malaysia
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2265255
ISSN: 1364-5579
1464-5300
Abstract: This article examines how rigour is achieved in the Abductive Research Strategy (ARS). It begins with a review of some of the arguments about objectivity and rigour in social sciences, which shows that quantitative and qualitative researchers hold different meanings of objectivity and therefore different ways of achieving rigour in their research. ARS as a qualitative methodology is then described and, using a study of the experience of work of life insurance sales workers in the state of Penang, rigour in the ARS is illustrated. Three ways of establishing rigour in ARS are stated and expounded. While "two" of them are from the traditions of doing qualitative research, the "third" is from the logic of abduction.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1451953
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article examines how rigour is achieved in the Abductive Research Strategy (ARS). It begins with a review of some of the arguments about objectivity and rigour in social sciences, which shows that quantitative and qualitative researchers hold different meanings of objectivity and therefore different ways of achieving rigour in their research. ARS as a qualitative methodology is then described and, using a study of the experience of work of life insurance sales workers in the state of Penang, rigour in the ARS is illustrated. Three ways of establishing rigour in ARS are stated and expounded. While "two" of them are from the traditions of doing qualitative research, the "third" is from the logic of abduction.
ISSN:1364-5579
1464-5300
DOI:10.1080/13645579.2023.2265255