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Mind Map by PEREZ JOSSELYN, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by PEREZ JOSSELYN
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Epistemological foundations of
quantitative research
- The term epistemology comes
from the Greek word epistêmê,
to define knowledge
- Research work
- research on a specific
topic of interest
- It´s carried out using
different types of
methods and approaches.
- research on a specific
topic of interest
- Quantitative research
- Systematic research
- social phenomenon
- specific research
methodology
- social phenomenon
- Collects quantifiable data
- Techniques
- statistical
- Computational
- mathematical
- statistical
- Analyzes the information
- test whether the study
hypothesis is true or not.
- test whether the study
hypothesis is true or not.
- Results are based on larger samples that
are representative of the study group.
- It´s view is objective also known
as realist or positivist
- Systematic research
- Epistemologies "underlying the theory
and practice of quantitative research".
- Post-positivism
- Researchers must
approach this reality
- Researchers must
approach this reality
- Experiential realism
- It is not possible to observe
the world only in an objective way.
- one's own perception influences
- The way in which one observes
- The way in which one observes
- one's own perception influences
- It is not possible to observe
the world only in an objective way.
- Pragmatism
- Mixed methods approach
- Quantitative and
qualitative methods
- Main argument
- The meaning and truth of
any idea is a function of
its practical outcomes.
- The meaning and truth of
any idea is a function of
its practical outcomes.
- Mixed methods approach
- Post-positivism
- Epistemologies underlying
theory and practice
- These fundamentals mark the
difference between quantitative
and qualitative research.
- Quantitative research
- realist or positivist
- realist or positivist
- Qualitative research
- subjectivist
- subjectivist
- Quantitative research
- worldviews
- Positivist
- certain ("positive")
knowledge
- It´s based on
- Natural phenomena
and on their
properties and
relationships.
- Natural phenomena
and on their
properties and
relationships.
- certain ("positive")
knowledge
- Subjectivist
- It gives primacy to the
subjective experience
- fundamental to all
measurement and law.
- fundamental to all
measurement and law.
- It gives primacy to the
subjective experience
- Positivist
- EPISTEMOLOGIES
- Post-positivism
- The philosophy called critical realism
- All observation
- fallible or imperfect
- fallible or imperfect
- Every theory is "revisable
- The philosophy called critical realism
- Interpretivism
- Researchers
- Able to interpret
the components
of the study
- Able to interpret
the components
of the study
- Incorporates
human interest
into a study.
- Researchers
- Postmodernism
- There is no probability of
having objective knowledge.
- It is about the
subjective responses
of individuals and
communities.
- Research
involves different
- different ways of appreciating reality
- different ways of appreciating reality
- There is no probability of
having objective knowledge.
- Criticalism
- Objective
- Change existing and limiting
social conditions.
- Change existing and limiting
social conditions.
- Objective
- Post-positivism
- These fundamentals mark the
difference between quantitative
and qualitative research.
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