La mixtura metodológica como superación de viejas prácticas en la investigación social.

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]