Resumen

CADENA-INIGUEZ, Pedro et al. Quantitative methods, qualitative methods or combination of research: an approach in the social sciences. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.7, pp.1603-1617. ISSN 2007-0934.

The eternal discussion of which method to use when initiating an investigation has not come to an end, since hard or exact sciences expose that scientific rigor must take a series of sequenced steps to accepting or not accepting a hypothesis, the philosophical sciences favor the use of tools and techniques based on ethnography to try to understand the phenomenon and the object of the investigation, because of this, this essay aims to help young researchers to be more clear in selecting their method of evaluation in one investigation, without being exclusive one method of the other, but rather complementary.

Palabras llave : qualitative methods; quantitative methods; research.