Dilemmas and further debates in qualitative method

Education for Information

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-37

  Shenton, Andrew K ^a   Hay Gibson, Naomi V ^b  

^a Northumbria University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative methods; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349283151     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2009-0870     Document Type: Article

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