The epistemological foundations of quantitative research

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The epistemological foundations of quantitative research

Underlying philosophies

Postmodernism

Not a single truth

Reality is contextualized

Criticalism

Social conditions.

Change limiting

Interpretivism

Human interest

Discover

Sense of action

Lifestyle

Intentions

Motives

Subjectivism

Subjective experience

Positivism

The truth

A posteriori knowledge.

Epistemologies

Pragmatism

Mixed-methods

Quantitative and qualitative methods

Experiential realism

Not just observation

Interaction with the world

Post-positivism

Knowledge

Human conjectures

Empirical reality

Representative results

Systematic investigation

Numeric and invariable data

Greek word

Philosophy of knowledge