The ability of Brazilian academic researchers belonging to post graduation, stricto sensu, programs in management for quantitative researches

Abstract

There is a growing pressure for the publishing of articles in renowned periodicals. We reinforce that articles published in this kind of journals are becoming more empirical and are progressively using more sophisticated statistical techniques. This demands better works and more statistic data analysis papers. For this it is important that there are skilled researchers and programs for the quantitative data analysis. This work presents the results of a survey on Brazilian researchers to evaluate their proficiency in statistic research methods. We verified that our researchers and programs are less prepared to the use of these methods in relation to American researchers, according to a survey used as a reference. We suggest not only researchers and students training in quantitative methods, but also the availability of support structures to enable the improvement of the quantitative research.