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IRM1501 ASSIGNMENT 1
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Name: Mr TL SolomonStudent no:
Module name: Introduction to Research
Methodology for Law and
Criminal Justice
Module code: IRM1501
Assignment no: 1
Unique number: 870424
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, Question 1
Document-based research is a form of qualitative research in which documents
are deduced by an academic, a student or a researcher to give voice or
connotation about a particular assessment conducted on a specific topic1.
It is that type of research which has to do with the revising of sources that are
generally found or obtained from the library. It can also be said that it thus
involves the use of outside sources, documents, to support the viewpoint or
argument of an academic work by one of the individuals mentioned in the
second line above.
Question 2
Components of document-based research are:
a) Planning of research.
b) Doing of research.
c) Reporting on your research.
Question 3
Distinguishing between scientific and non-scientific research:
Scientific research refers to research which contains an analysis of factual
statements or investigation of realities by following a certain analytical and
1
Bowen, G. A. (2009). Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative
Research Journal, 9(2), 27-40.
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