The use of simulation as a research methodology in social sciences
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Resumo: | Simulations are presented as a methodology that has been neglected in use by the social sciences when compared to the case study and the comparison, as a way to overcome the difficulty to run experiments. The simulation is a "virtual experiment", that requires an operating model representing the system, or processes that characterize it, as a whole or part. The use of this methodology is studied as a form of searching a model, confirming a model or making a projection about future events; in this way it serves both the "context of discovery" and the "context of proof" in sciences. Each of these uses is discussed, as well as the conditions in which simulations should be used and its advantages and limitations. The article explains that due to the advance of computers and their softwares in the last two decades this resource became much simpler to use, and two interactive examples using Excell are introduced, one about complexity theory applied to marketing and the other about microeconomic theory. |
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The use of simulation as a research methodology in social sciencesO uso de simulação como metodologia de pesquisa em ciências sociaisSimulations are presented as a methodology that has been neglected in use by the social sciences when compared to the case study and the comparison, as a way to overcome the difficulty to run experiments. The simulation is a "virtual experiment", that requires an operating model representing the system, or processes that characterize it, as a whole or part. The use of this methodology is studied as a form of searching a model, confirming a model or making a projection about future events; in this way it serves both the "context of discovery" and the "context of proof" in sciences. Each of these uses is discussed, as well as the conditions in which simulations should be used and its advantages and limitations. The article explains that due to the advance of computers and their softwares in the last two decades this resource became much simpler to use, and two interactive examples using Excell are introduced, one about complexity theory applied to marketing and the other about microeconomic theory.A simulação é apresentada como uma metodologia pouco utilizada nas ciências sociais, quando comparada ao estudo de caso e à comparação, como forma de superar a dificuldade de realização de experimentos. A simulação é um "experimento virtual" que requer um modelo operatório representando no todo (ou em parte) um sistema ou processos que o caracterizem. O uso dessa metodologia é analisado como forma de buscar um modelo, confirmá-lo ou fazer uma projeção de eventos futuros. Dessa forma, a simulação se presta tanto no “contexto de descoberta” quanto no “contexto da prova”. Cada uma dessas três formas de uso da metodologia é discutida, bem como as condições nas quais devem ser feitas simulações e quais suas vantagens e limitações. O artigo observa que devido ao aperfeiçoamento dos computadores e de seus programas nas duas últimas décadas, a simulação teve sua utilização muito simplificada. O texto ainda apresenta dois exemplos interativos utilizando o Excell, um sobre teoria da complexidade aplicada ao marketing e outro sobre teoria microeconômica.Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas2005-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/article/view/4908Cadernos EBAPE.BR; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2005); 1 a 9Cadernos EBAPE.BR; Vol. 3 Núm. 1 (2005); 1 a 9Cadernos EBAPE.BR; v. 3 n. 1 (2005); 1 a 91679-3951reponame:Cadernos EBAPE.BRinstname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/article/view/4908/3642Vicente, Pauloinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2016-10-10T17:03:10Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/4908Revistahttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebapehttps://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/oaicadernosebape@fgv.br||cadernosebape@fgv.br1679-39511679-3951opendoar:2024-05-13T09:59:18.456405Cadernos EBAPE.BR - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)true |
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The use of simulation as a research methodology in social sciences O uso de simulação como metodologia de pesquisa em ciências sociais |
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The use of simulation as a research methodology in social sciences Vicente, Paulo |
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Vicente, Paulo |
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Simulations are presented as a methodology that has been neglected in use by the social sciences when compared to the case study and the comparison, as a way to overcome the difficulty to run experiments. The simulation is a "virtual experiment", that requires an operating model representing the system, or processes that characterize it, as a whole or part. The use of this methodology is studied as a form of searching a model, confirming a model or making a projection about future events; in this way it serves both the "context of discovery" and the "context of proof" in sciences. Each of these uses is discussed, as well as the conditions in which simulations should be used and its advantages and limitations. The article explains that due to the advance of computers and their softwares in the last two decades this resource became much simpler to use, and two interactive examples using Excell are introduced, one about complexity theory applied to marketing and the other about microeconomic theory. |
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