Quantitative and qualitative research: Received and interpretivist views of science

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 843-844

  Dharamsi, Shafik ^a   Scott, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE;

EID: 70349258331     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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