Qualitative research: Implications for description and assessment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Tetnowski, John A ^a   Franklin, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Description; Qualitative methods; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CONVERSATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGY; READING; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; SPEECH; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 0038275927     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2003/062)     Document Type: Review

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