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The epistemological foundations of quantitative research, Main advantages…
The epistemological foundations of quantitative research
Quantitative research
Results are based on sample sizes
Your vision is objective
Identifies as a positivist worldview
Is systematic
There is the acceptance of different epistemologies
Experiential realism
It states that the world cannot be observed only objectively
“Science, according to this view, is an activity that is based on this subject/object schema” (Mulaik, 1995).
Pragmatism
Recommend a mixed methods approach
Post-positivism
Positivists believe that research can never be safe
Collects quantifiable data using statistical mathematical techniques or computations
Epistemologies underlying theory and practice
Positivism and subjectivism
Subjectivism
It gives primacy to subjective experience as fundamental to all law
Paradigms in social research books
Interpretivism
It is used to argue approaches
It doesn´t accept a purely objectivido not accept a purely objectivist visionst vision
It has a strong position towards positivism
This takes more advantage of the qualitative analysis
Criticalism
Its objective is to change the limiting social conditions
Control foundations and methodologies of predictable knowledge
These can be quantitative and qualitative
Post-positivism
Rejects the positivist approach
Postpositivism can build an approximation of the object
Positivists argue that ideas influence what you observe and impact what you achieve.
Pursues objective responses
Postmodernism
It consider that science is not universal
It emphasizes in him the importance of subjective responses
Do not accept rational findings
Postmodernists think that it is actually socially constructed
Reject the idea that science can be objective
Theory that emphasizes subjective elements in experience
Positivism
It's a philosophical theory
See the world as something observable and analyzable
They look at the world as it is
Is based on the study of facts
It maintains that the valid knowledge is in the knowledge a posteriori
Epistemology is the philosophy
of knowledge
Main
advantages of quantitative approach
Disadvantages
The paradigms of positivism certain aspects are not discovered
Measure variables in a particular context
The paradigm of positivism the implication of social phenomena nowhere
May be insufficient by concentrating only on numbers
There may be errors if it is not developed accurately
Use a static and rigid approach
Is objective and measurable
Provides limited and unrealistic information
Advantages
Quick data collection
Save time
Reduce waste of resources
Extensive range of data analysis
Statistics allows a broader data collection
Eliminate bias
The results are statistical
There are no possibilities of own ideas or interpretations
Collect reliable and accurate data
Numbers are collected, analyzed and represented
The results are reliable
Quantitative approach
Is an investigation of a specific problem
It allows to observe, count and analyze information
Helps investigations to optimize time
The use of this approach simplifies the possibility of measuring how many and how often the situations occur.
In conclusion:
Accurately answers questions such as who, when, what, where, when, how many and how
Quantitative research is useful for doing sample group
segmentation.
It is useful to verify data obtained
It is objective and suitable for hypothesis testing
Bibliography:
Norman, P. (18 de September de 2019). Youtube. Obtenido de Postpositivism - Research Paradigms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr1hkshpcTU
Hasa. (9 de May de 2011). DifferenceBetween.com. Obtenido de Difference Between Positivism and Interpretivism:
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-positivism-and-vs-interpretivism/
Relations, E.-I. (25 de Septemeber de 2021). E-International Relations. Obtenido de Positivism, Post-Positivism and Interpretivism:
https://www.e-ir.info/2021/09/25/positivism-post-positivism-and-interpretivism/
Gisela Alexandra Pilliza Luguaña
