Focus on research methods real qualitative researchers do not count: The use of numbers in qualitative research

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 230-240

  Sandelowski, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Counting; Numbers; Qualitative research; Re presentation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0035380172     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.1025     Document Type: Article

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