Could interviews be epistemic?: An alternative to qualitative opinion polling

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1116-1138

  Brinkmann, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epistemic interviewing; Interview; Knowledge; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248971652     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800407308222     Document Type: Article

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