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This article presents two methodological ways to overcome the dichotomy between the quantitative approach and qualitative approaches. On the one hand, abductive research logic is presented and explained. This research logic incorporates characteristics of deductive and inductive reasoning, without being their addition, which gives it specific characteristics. On the other hand, the mixed methods approach is presented and pushed towards its full development, assuming all its consequences. In its most common and orthodox application this approach has remained halfway in relation to its promise to overcome the division between quantitative and qualitative methods. This development fits with denominations such as mixed research or merged methods research. Both ways offer paths that allow old practices anchored in the quantitativequalitative divide, which is often presented as having a paradigmatic character, to be overcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the field of Social Sciences, and particularly in the field of education, it is not simple to approach research models or paradigms because there are frequent discussions raised around this topic in dichotomy terms, sometimes antagonistic. It is possible to meet different stances in relation to the generation of scientific knowledge, that is, in relation to the way of «producing science,» which implies thinking of models or paradigms that support the different research logics. The objective of this paper is to characterize the main research models or paradigms in education with the purpose of carrying out a methodological analysis of the Research Project: «Professional Socialization Referents in Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto teachers» (Argentina). In the first part a characterization of the models or paradigms is developed; in the second part, a synthesis of the mentioned Project is presented, and in the third part both an analysis and justification of the project is carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]