The ambiguous use of language in the paradigms of QUAN and QUAL

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-328

  Gürtler, Leo ^a,c   Huber, Günter L ^b  

^a Weingarten University of Education   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of Weingarten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguity of language; Criteria of quality; Measurement theory; Mixed methodology; Qualitative; Quantitative; Research process; Use of language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846308826     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1478088706070840     Document Type: Article

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