Investigación cuantitativa e investigación cualitativabuscando las ventajas de las diferentes metodologías de investigación

  1. Ugalde Binda, Nadia 1
  2. Balbastre Benavent, Francisco 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Costa Rica
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    Universidad de Costa Rica

    San José, Costa Rica

    ROR https://ror.org/02yzgww51

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Journal:
Revista de ciencias económicas

ISSN: 0252-9521 2215-3489

Year of publication: 2013

Volume: 31

Issue: 2

Pages: 179-187

Type: Article

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Abstract

the research process has as a result the creation of knowledge through solving a research problem. thus, research methodology refers to all the decisions that the researcher makes to achieve their research goals and deals with issues such as research design, the strategy to use, the study sample, the methods used to collect the information, techniques to be used in the analysis of information and the criteria to be used to increase the quality of work, among others. the current research designs revolve around two major paradigms: quantitative model and the qualitative model. this article reviews both perspectives and explains when and why it is appropriate to use each on