DA OPOSIÇÃO À COMPLEMENTARIDADE: CRITÉRIOS EPISTEMOLÓGICOS PARA A ESCOLHA E A INTEGRAÇÃO DE MÉTODOS QUALITATIVOS E QUANTITATIVOS
This theoretical essay examines the epistemological foundations of the opposition between qualitative and quantitative approaches in the human, social, and health sciences, emphasizing the conditions that legitimize their integration. It starts from the observation that the diagnosis of the artificiality of this dichot...