A General Inductive Approach for Analyzing Qualitative Evaluation Data

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Thomas, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

inductive analyses; qualitative analysis methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548184227     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214005283748     Document Type: Article

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