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Quantitative Research in Information Systems - Section 2: Philosophical Perspectives |
 | | In the case of quantitative research, however, the interpretive and critical positions are not meaningful; only the positivist one is. The positivist epistemology (discussed in details next) relies on a host of scientific methods that produce numerical and alphanumeric data. |
| | In theory, it is enough, therefore, for one observation that contradicts the prediction of a theory to falsify it and render it incorrect. |
| | While the positivist epistemology deals only with observed and measured knowledge, the post-positivist epistemology recognizes that such an approach would result in making many important aspects of psychology irrelevant because feelings and perceptions cannot be readily measured. |
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