Smoke and mirrors: Modernist illusions in the quantitative versus qualitative research debate

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Schmuttermaier, John R ^a   Schmitt, David ^a  

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Author keywords

Deduction; Dialectic; Generalization; Induction; Manufacturing process; Theory; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942644442     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.591     Document Type: Article

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