Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (21.08.2024) Shift-II
Which of the following represents the epistemological orientation of quantitative research?
AExplanatory
BConstructivism
CPositivism ✓ Correct
DInductivism
Correct answer: (C) Positivism — The epistemological orientation of quantitative research is positivism, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The epistemological orientation of quantitative research is positivism, so that is the answer.
★Positivism holds that reliable knowledge comes from observable, measurable facts.
★It seeks general laws through empirical and theoretical work.
★Quantitative research measures variables and tests hypotheses in this way.
★So its epistemological basis is positivism.
★Constructivism instead underlies qualitative research, so it does not fit.
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