The strengths and weaknesses of quantitative and qualitative research: what method for nursing?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 716-721

  Carr, Linda T ^a  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMAN; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 0028522879     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20040716.x     Document Type: Article

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