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		<title>Demystifying research paradigms</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Lynette Pretorius. Let&#8217;s talk about one of the most complex parts of research &#8211; understanding the philosophical underpinnings of your worldview and how this shapes the way your research is done. This is called a research paradigm and is one of the areas I get the most frequent questions about from graduate research students.<div class="more-link">
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