One’s beliefs and experiences influence most everything we do. This is no different when it comes to the type of research subject, type or method that interest us. Through out an academic career those that guide, and teach you inspire styles of writing, interests, schools of thought, philosophies, and many other things. Whether we are interested in finding out the number of people affected by a disease, or the social cause behind the spread of a disease, our initial interest in the subject allows us to be drawn to a specific type of research. Someone with a worthy mathematical background may be more inclined to hold a positivist worldview, and therefore find it more satisfying to perform a quantitative study. Of the four philosophical worldviews,