“…How to think the relationships between these concepts in the process of construction of a research project and during its execution? Many have addressed the more direct aspects of these questions, over time -for example: BACHELARD, 2002;CONTANDRIOPOULOS ET AL., 1994;DEMO, 1987;ECO, 1986;QUIVY;COMPENHOUDT, 1992;FERNANDES;MOREIRA, 2013;GALERA, 2007;GOLDENBERG, 2007;KUHN, 1995;LIMA;MIOTO, 2007;MANN, 1970;MINAYO, 1998;OLIVEIRA;EPSTEIN, 2009;RICHARDSON, 1999;SALOMON, 2006;SANTOS, 2003. These are without a doubt pertinent and valid questions, which merit continuing discussionand this is the motivation for this article.…”