The epistemological foundations of quantitative research
Greek word
Philosophy of knowledge
Systematic investigation
Numeric and invariable data
Empirical reality
Representative results
Epistemologies
Post-positivism
Knowledge
Human conjectures
Experiential realism
Not just observation
Interaction with the world
Pragmatism
Mixed-methods
Quantitative and qualitative methods
Underlying philosophies
Positivism
The truth
A posteriori knowledge.
Subjectivism
Subjective experience
Interpretivism
Human interest
Discover
Motives
Intentions
Lifestyle
Sense of action
Criticalism
Change limiting
Social conditions.
Postmodernism
Reality is contextualized
Not a single truth