Categories: All - positivism

by ESTEFANIA ALEJANDRA CALISPA ALBÀN 3 years ago

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Generalities: Epistemological Foundations of Quantitative Research

The foundations of quantitative research encompass various epistemological approaches. Positivism emphasizes empirical observation and logical reasoning to understand natural phenomena, advocating for objective, posteriori knowledge.

Generalities: Epistemological Foundations of Quantitative Research

Generalities: Epistemological Foundations of Quantitative Research

Interpretivism

Characterize people
Characteristics of the study
Group different approaches
Social Constructions
Components of the study

Criticalism

Philosophical research
Social sciences and the humanities
Change limiting social conditions
Scientific objectivity
Predictable knowledge

Postmodernism

Not objective knowledge
Multiple epistemologies
Rational findings
Appreciate reality
Culture is changeable

Post-Positivism

Prior Understanding
other theories and concepts
Triangulation
Measurement is Imperfect
Revisable
Critical Realism

Subjectivism

Methodologies
Philosophies
Theories
Patterns
Subjective Experience

Positivism

Posteriori knowledge
Reason & Logic
Relations
Properties
Natural Phenomena