Is the worldview of qualitative inquiry a proper guide for psychological research?

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-269

  Capaldi, E J ^a   Proctor, Robert W ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 22144447848     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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