Tipos de justificación en la investigación científica

The purpose of this research was to identify the different types of justification present in scientific writing, using as sources of information the one available in specialized academic texts of a university nature. The study proposed as a research question: what are the types of justification in the field of scientific research? Through a qualitative research approach, a bibliographic review was carried out that included 22 texts on scientific research methodology used in Latin America. The results showed that the literature consulted lacks precision on how to base the justification of a research, since 9 of them do not identify the existing types, while the remaining 13 texts do not offer a general consensus, since each one provides different appreciations on the types of justification in research. The following types of justification in scientific research were identified: theoretical, practical, methodological, social, convenience, economic and technical. Finally, this manuscript proposes the inclusion of a new type of justification: doctrinal.