Alignment, Directionality and Synchronization in Scientific Research

Abstract

The problem of research in Latin America is circumscribed to the polemic between those who
defend a quantitative position versus others of qualitative location, when both are part of a
single process: the scientific one. There are no discrepancies, since one precedes the other in
order to develop quantification, which is subsequent to qualification. In addition, there is
another type of research called mixed, which means that qualitative and quantitative studies
can be carried out simultaneously. How to quantify if a construct is not fully defined; and if it
is partially defined, will it at least have dimensions that can be measured? In this way, it is
necessary to carry out an analysis, whatever the type of research that is carried out,
qualitative or quantitative or mixed, so that the problems, objectives, theoretical or statistical
assumptions and designs are addressed, aligned and synchronized in order to understand the
purpose and the time-space in which the study is going to be developed. These constructs are
the basis for the internal consistency that the research work must have from the
methodological point of view