Blending qualitative and quantitative analyses in observing interaction: Misunderstandings, applications and proposals

International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-30

  Gnisci, Augusto ^a   Bakeman, Roger ^b   Quera, Vicenç ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coding; Critical points; Observation; Quantitative and qualitative methods; Similarity patterns; Social interaction; Unique cases; Units

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849092138     PISSN: 18340806     EISSN: 18340814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/mra.455.2.1.15     Document Type: Article

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