Graphic elicitation: Using research diagrams as interview stimuli

Qualitative Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-366

  Crilly, Nathan ^a   Blackwell, Alan F ^b   Clarkson, P John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Data collection; Diagrams; Grounded theory; Industrial design; Interviewing; Member validation; Respondent validation; Stimulus material; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746238593     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106065007     Document Type: Article

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