Diversity in everyday research practice: The case of data editing

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-89

  Leahey, Erin ^a   Entwisle, Barbara ^b   Einaudi, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data cleaning; Data management; Disciplinary standards; Research practice; Vignette analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041569912     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124103253461     Document Type: Article

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