T2: Epistemological foundations of quantitative research

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to defy power structures

of society and culture

by relating

knowledge from

the humanities

the social sciences

quantitative or qualitative

that make

affirmations

of scientific objectivity

Are tools to

access to

socially constructed reality

Need a

Researcher's

Immersion

In

Different levels

find

An optimum solution

A defined problem.

Data

Reasoning

Techniques

To

Test a hypotesis

Proposed

That could be

False

True

Analyze

Information collected

T2: Epistemological foundations of quantitative research

Quantitative research study

Key elements

Results analyzed

Describe results

Summarize

Key findings

of the research

Restate research problem

Research study

Research methodology or instrumentaltion

Expert network

Litertature review

Hypothesis

Previous research

Topic or question

Quantitative VS qualitative

Quantitative approach

Realist

Or positivist

Based on:

Consequence

Cause

that can be

empirically determined

Focuses on:

Convergent

Meticulous

Invariable

Numeric

Results:

Avoid

Subjectivist

Influences

Are based

on

bigger sample sizes

Qualitative approach

Could be

Feminist research

Grounded Theory

Phenomenology

Ethnography

World is

a reality

Not completely

But

Relative

Epistemologies underlying theory and practice

Postmodernism

There is no

Probability

of reaching

Objective

Knowledge

Rejects

the idea that

science

is universal

and the

“paradigm of all true knowledge”

can be regarded

as objective

Criticalism

Includes:

The evaluation

the deep assessment

Goal:

to change

limiting

social conditions

Confronts

predictable knowledge

methodologies

foundations

Interpretivism

social constructions as

instruments

shared meanings

consciousness

language

researchers

are able to

interpret

components

of the study

Subjectivism

Gives primacy to

subjective experience as

fundamental of

law.

all measure

Post Positivism

Getting information

about reality

since

all measurement

is imperfect

is the goal

all theory is

Revisable

all observation is

Imperfect

fallible

there is a reality

independent of

our thinking

about which

science can study

Positivism

States that

Finding the truth

is the ultimate

goal

of science

Valid knowledge

is found

only

in a posteriori knowledge.

"certain"

Positive knowlegde

Is based on

Natural phenomena

Subtopic

The term Epistemology

Is:

The way

How we

come

to know

The philosophy

of knowledge

Comes from

The Greek term:

Epistêmê

(Knowlegde)

Quantitative research

Is a

Specific

Research methodology

Which uses

Computational

Mathematical

Statistical

Sistematic

Investigation

Of a

Social phenomenon