Debates and paradoxes surrounding the use of qualitative methods

Education for Information

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a   Dixon, Pat ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative methods; Research

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPEECH; STUDENTS;

DEBATES; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; QUALITATIVE METHODS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 2342496786     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2004-22101     Document Type: Article

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