Search Savvy Statistics Research you can count on Menu Blog About Me Research CV Statistical Consulting Search Search for: Close search Close Menu Blog About Me Research CV Statistical Consulting Categories Uncategorized Reflexivity in Quantitative Research Post author By sean Post date October 19, 2021 No Comments on Reflexivity in Quantitative Research The Problem of Forking Paths There is a lot of time to think while at home on sabbatical, and since my role is so often teaching or conducting statistical
This is a problem for a post-positivist approach to science. Though these principles go mostly unstated, Bisel & Adame (2017) succinctly summarize the ontology, epistemology and axiology of this worldview:
Post-positivistic research assumes that social reality is out there and has enough stability and patterning to be known. Social reality is conceived as coherent, whole, and singular. […] Post-positivistic research assumes that social reality is measurable and knowable, albeit difficult to access. […] Post-positivistic research assumes that knowledge about social reality is inherently worthwhile to acquire and should be as value neutral as possible in its characterization of that reality.