ABSTRACT

This chapter provides the platform for the complexification of praxiology in human inquiry. It focuses on complexification of this conceptual system in praxis and inquiry. The praxiological perspective assists researchers to judge whether research practices are advisable, doable, feasible, and manageable. The Es of praxiology provide tools to construct extensions of the conceptual system discussed earlier for direct application to human inquiry. The conceptual system of the Es appears analytical, in that the general methodology known as praxiology may be decomposed into various categories or dimensions called efficiency, effectiveness, and economy. The Es of praxiology take on more life when enunciated in reference to specific research studies. The area of application is the review of a research proposal by a particular kind of social system. The activities of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) also show us several aspects of praxiology in action through membership on an IRB and as a principal investigator.