Tools for Adjusting Research Methods and Techniques to Research Processes

Abstract

The aim of the following paper is to present the tools for adjusting research methods and techniques to research processes, developed by the author hereof. In order to evaluate and select individual research methods and techniques, a group evaluation of experts was employed in the paper. The developed tool consists of five phases that allow to answer any question which a researcher (academic and practitioner) should pose to himself/herself. What is more, the application of the tool eliminates a need to diagnose research methods and techniques available in the literature, through the use of a classification pattern which corresponds to five components of the procedure phases.