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Epistemological foundations of quantitative research - Coggle Diagram
Epistemological foundations of quantitative research
Epistemologies underlying
considered
subjectivist
Positivism
philosophical theory
based
natural phenomena
properties and relations
holds
valid knowledge
only found
posteriori knowledge.
Pos-positivism
critical realism
there is a
reality independent of our thinking
observation is
fallible
imperfect
all theory is “revisable”
positivists assume
finding the truth is the ultimate goal of science
post-positivist critical realists
the aim is to achieve the objective of obtaining information about the reality
Interpretivism
researchers
interpret components of the study
incorporates
human interest
strong critical position
“groups different approaches”
Criticalism
confronts predictable fundamentals and methodologies
quantitative
or
qualitative
Goal is
change limiting social conditions.
includes
deep appreciation of society
culture of knowledge of the sciences
social
and
humanities
Postmodernism
science is not objective
science is not universal
postmodernists
implies
different forms of reality
not accepting
“rational findings”
Subjectivism
"our own mental activity is the only unquestionable fact of our experience"
primacy to
subjective experience
Epistemological foundations
based on
larger sample sizes
objective view
also known as
realist
positivist
techniques
statistical
mathematical
computational
collect
quantifiable data
identified
positivist worldview
is
systematic investigation
refers to
term epistemology
epistêmê
